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SMOKING Smoking, is it a social issue or a health problem? Smoking has been almost a required social behavior through out the ages, but today the major issue is the health problem smoking causes to smokers and non-smokers. In this report, I will discuss the social and health problems that is caused by smoking. Today, people of all ages including teenagers, has taken smoking as an everyday activity. According to the American Lung Association, 26% of American adults smoke, with a higher rate of smoking among the less educated and those of a lower socioeconomic level. 2.3 million teenagers smoke, including about 12% of teens aged 12 to 17, and they are beginning to smoke at younger ages than before. Teenagers start smoking because of peer pressure or personal problems in their hom