If you smoke a cigarette, you introduce yourself to drugs; if you use nicotine, a "gateway drug", chances are that your "experiment" could lead to the use of other dangerous smoking drugs, and it will be very tough to quit once you've started * Former drug users report that nicotine is the hardest drug of all to quit * Dr. Tracey Wallace, F.P. shares hard facts about the physical dangers that young nicotine users face * Describes the dynamics of addiction, tolerance, and withdrawal, explaining that nicotine use actually changes one's brain chemistry * He tells about treating young patients with lung cancer and reinforces that nicotine is a highly addictive drug that hooks you, while the chemicals contained in tobacco kill you * Using tobacco means being addicted, living under the influence of a drug, and forming habits that can affect them forever * 11 min VHS with Presenter's Resource Guidebook * Grades 5-9