Which statement concerning cigarette smoking is TRUE? a. Authoritative parenting tends to increase the risk of teen smoking. b. Most teens begin to smoke when they are in tenth or eleventh grade. c. Teens will tend to start smoking if they believe that it is okay to smoke. d. Compared with the rest of the world, American teens are heavy smokers.

The true statement here is :

c. Teens will tend to start smoking if they believe that it is okay to smoke

Explanation:

The rest of the statements here have  amounts of truth in them too. IT is seen that authoritative environments lead children to rebel and become smokers but  it is no way the only way people start smoking.

The age for smoking varies too from culture to culture. IT is usually in the age that kids start going out frequently that they start to smoke.

Lastly it is to be seen if the culture that the children live in actually recognizes smoking as legitimate or part of the culture, then they have a high chance of becoming smokers.

gold discovery in california, and pioneer settlers were sometimes pulled west because they wanted to make a better living. others received letters from friends or family members who had moved west. these letters often told about a good life on the frontier. the biggest factor that pulled pioneers west was the opportunity to buy land.

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