dr. fowler, and i'm here today to present "tar wars." "tar wars" is a tobacco-prevention program to teach children the importance of remaining tobacco-free. everybody knows that smoking is dangerous for your health, right? >> yeah. >> in fact, tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in america. almost half a million people die every year from smoking. >> and what's really alarming is that the age group of teenagers to young adults is smoking at a very high rate. >> that's why dr. fowler visits schools like torrington middle school. >> the easiest way to not smoke is to not even start. because once you start, you become addicted to the nicotine, and it's very, very hard to stop. can somebody raise their hand and tell me what peer pressure is? lydia? >> well, it's when there's people your age who want to get you into smoking to make you maybe be cool or try to get you to do something that you maybe don't want to do, but you're gonna do it because they're your age, and you want to try to be cool. >> besides the presentation, anoth