Since the 1960’s health agencies across America have spearheaded educational programs in schools that focus on the physical damage from tobacco use. Increased awareness of diseases such as emphysema and lung cancer has aided reduced rates of high school aged smokers dramatically (Office of Adolescent Health, 2016). Each year however, some 480,000 deaths in the United States are the result of tobacco use (Bonnie et al., 2015). Studies show that long-term smoking habits often develop in adolescence. According to Liu et al., 90% of current adult tobacco users experimented with tobacco before the age of 18 (2016). If a community social culture isn’t proactive in controlling teen tobacco use, youth “experimenting” have a greater proclivity
