Does smoking during your teen years affect your growth?

Question:

i'm a 16-year old smoker.

Answers:
I started smoking at 16 and grew to be 6'2.

If it does, I'm glad, since I'd hit my head a lot more.

Then again, I might have been in the NBA if I hadn't.

So. I doubt it. I think it's an old wives tale, meant to discourage you from smoking.

On the other hand, I couldn't quit for 10 years, because the evil tobacco companies did such a great job of adding all those "flavor enhancing" chemicals that just accentuate the nicotine addiction.

So it may not effect your growth in the height department, but it may make it more difficult to grow as a person with that monkey strapped to your back.

If it's not too late, you really should quit. Because there is no "man" quite like the tobacco companies. Stick it to him, by putting him out of business.

I'm not sure if it does affect your growth but what you are doing is dangerous to your health, not to mention that some girls might find you unattractive since you smoke.

not really, but u are robbing your body of important vitamins.
So , take vitamin C tablets if u decide to smoke.
Every cigarette destroys 200mg of vitamin C

Yes, smoking can stunt your growth, I'm not sure how, but check this out.

http://www.teengrowth.com/index.cfm?acti.

Yes it does. It slows your growth.

yes, everything does. if you start drinking then in ten years you'll look much older then your real age.and so on. basically watever changed you impose on your body will be reflected in the future

It won't affect how tall you are if that's what you mean.

It'll just affect how long you'll be here with the rest of us.

Be smart..stop.

Do yourself & everyone around you a favor & QUIT SMOKING! Then you won't have to worry about it. Smoking isn't cool, it's not sexy, and it makes you stink!

Does smoking during your teen years affect your growth?

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