http://www.netvouz.com/charicekan/tag/smokers?feed=rss charicekan's bookmarks tagged "smokers" on Netvouz http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1364827/The-primary-school-puffers-The-town-average-age-start-smoking-NINE.html Smokers in one of Britain's most deprived towns start lighting up at the average age of just nine, a shocking survey has found. The health study found one boy started smoking cigarettes at the age of just three - because his family thought it was funny. The research by an NHS anti-smoking programme at Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, discovered that many children are still in primary school when they start their tobacco habit. charicekan Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:54:03 GMT