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[1] Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for psychoactive chemicals because the active substances within the burnt, dried plant leaves (or other chemical) can vaporize into a gaseous state and be delivered into the respiratory tract, where they are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream through the lungs and can reach the central nervous system

At least half of smokers will die due to smoking

David Weisman has come to the campus several times to help distribute nicotine products

To address this and remain authentic, they avoided claiming that smoking wasnt cool and instead used words, images and stories to show that it was cool to be a non-smoker and that this was in fact a better symbol of youthful independence and rebellion