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Teen smoking turns into 17-year addiction

Summary by The Namibian
Former smoker Andre Hansen (33) has overcome a 17-year tobacco addiction, shedding light on the rising health threat of teenage smoking. Hansen says he was just 13 when he started smoking. What began as experimentation with other boys in his Windhoek neighbourhood became a daily habit he struggled to break, eventually affecting his relationships, stability and self-esteem, he says. “I believe it was indirect peer pressure. Society made us believ…
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The Namibian broke the news in Windhoek, Namibia on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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