BEIJING, June 2 (UPI) -- A study on rising tobacco addiction among Chinese teenagers says 68 percent of the 130 million teens have had their first whole cigarette before the age of 13.
The 2008 China Tobacco Control study, reported by the China Daily, said about 40 million of the country's 130 million children between the ages of 13 and 18 have tried smoking, and 15 million are now addicted.