# Ages 13-17- Second Runner Up- It's Just Not Worth It

Cigarette smoking has reached an all-time high at Michael Margiotti's school in Moorestown, New Jersey. With students already suffering from shortness of breath and other effects, he details what else they can expect in the future and says: it's just not worth it. This video was the second runner up winner in the 13-17 age category of the Surgeon General's Video Contest: Tobacco -- I'm Not Buying It.

Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: https://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html

This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=20f4cb8a0c4ef2b010897c76d8bbed2220120523100710921

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ages_13-17-_Second_Runner_Up-_It%27s_Just_Not_Worth_It.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/59480034?play=1)