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It was then that I went to see a drug counselor, and when she asked me why I was getting high, the only thing I could think to say was, Its given me something to write about. So three decades later I sat down to write about it, intending it purely as nonfiction, but as I wrote I began to do what I asked my students to do, reimagine and reinvent myself, until by draft ten or so my facts could no longer be called facts. Eventually, the central principle of cigarette addiction being an unexpected redemptive forcewhat had inspired me to write the story in the first placewas cut entirely

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truth gives teens facts to make their own informed choices about tobacco use and inspires them to use their social influence and creativity in the fight against tobacco

Smoking increases the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and myocardial infarction