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Article: Smoking gun: cigarettes are addictive and deadly. So why are teens still smoking? (Close up: Nicotine).
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- Scholastic Choices
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- October 1, 2002
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If you're looking for the Robinson Rams baseball team during fourth period lunch, don't bother searching the cafeteria or the practice diamond. On most afternoons, you'll find a handful of the top players from Robinson
Secondary School in Fairfax, VA, huddled in a friend's nearby basement. They eat pizza. They play Tony Hawk video games. And always--always--they smoke cigarettes.
"Kids hanging out. Whether it's a party or lunch, there are going to be smokes," says Kevin McNamara, an 18-year-old Robinson senior and a regular attendee at the basement brunch. Kevin is a star member of the school's golf team. He was also the Rams' ace pitcher until he tore ...