i'm carheryl jennings. from cancer to heart disease and of course, the dangers of secondhand smoke and every single day near 4,000 young people under thege of 18 smoke a cirette for the first tie. according to the centers for disease control anrevention the cdc also reports that nearly 13% of the adult population in california a currently smokers, and that is more than 3 million people. 69% of smokers in the united states doant to quit completely. the impact of sming tobacco is clearly dangerous, but a fascinating recent study suggests tobacco's hioric use in california may actuly stretch back far longer than researchers believe. it's abc 7's carolyn johnson. >> this is the type that got us all started. >> if arceologist, she's certainly fascinating by it. shspent tracing the earliest use of the people of cifornia and the pacific coast. >> tobaccon the united states was present 8,000 or 10,000 years ago and hunter gatherers probably figured out the special properties of the plant quite eay. >> she says the

i'm carheryl jennings. from cancer to heart disease and of course, the dangers of secondhand smoke and every single day nearly 4,000 young people under the age of 18 smoke a cigarette for the first time. according to the centers for disease corol andrevention the cdc also reports that nearly 13% of thedult population in california a currently smokers, and that is more than million people. 69 of smokers in the united states do want to quit completely. the impt of sming tobacco clearly dangerous, but a fascinating recent study sus