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In a study it is revealed that most of the teenagers do try hard to quit smoking but are unsuccessful.

“Teen smokers make their first serious attempt to quit after only two-and-a-half months of smoking, by the time they have smoked for 21 months they have lost confidence . . .to quit,” said Jennifer O'Loughlin Université de Montréal, co-author of the study. "

The study found that girls are more likely to quit smoking than boys. The study also found that more than 70 percent of the teens expressed a desire to quit, but only 19 percent actually managed to stop smoking for 12 months or more by the end of the five-year study.

Participants were aged 12 to 13 at the beginning of the study. For these novice smokers it took about nine months after their first puff to become monthly smokers; 19 months after their first puff to become weekly smokers; 23 months after their first puff to become daily smokers.

"These findings show that teen smokers want to quit and attempt to quit, but very few are actually able to stop for long periods" said Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst, Canadian Cancer Society.