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Adolescent cigarette smoking is an increasing health risk behaviour in many societies. The reasons why adolescents commence smoking are patently complex, though it has been suggested that young people take up this behaviour as a means of stress reduction during the difficult and challenging time of adolescence. This paper reports data which suggests that adolescent stress, broadly defined, does...