[url=http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/questionsaboutsmokingtobaccoandhealth/questions-about-smoking-tobacco-and-health-why-do-people-start]According to the Surgeon General[/url]’s Report, very few people start smoking after age 25. Nearly 9 out of 10 adult smokers started by age 18, and 99% started by age 26. [quote][url=http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco_use/]Each day in the United States, nearly 4,000 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette, and an estimated 1,000 youth in that age group become new daily cigarette smokers.2,6 This means that nearly 400,000 young people become daily smokers each year.[/url][/quote] So yes legalizing it will open it up to more kids due to it being safe to buy and more affordable.