Diet and Teen Smoking

Starting to diet seems to double the odds a teenage girl will begin smoking, a University of Florida study has found. Smoking to suppress the appetite may be one reason why some dieting teens pick up the habit. But nicotine's ability to suppress the appetite may not be the only reason teenagers are more likely to smoke after they start dieting. It's also possible that dieting itself is making people more vulnerable to smoking, noting that animal studies have shown a link between food deprivation using substances such as tobacco. If animals are extremely food-deprived, they will use more drugs.