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Abstract: Many will regard the cigarette as the gateway drug, which means that the use of tobacco will lead to the use of other addictive drugs. In this research, the simple linear regression model will be used to determine whether there is an association between the age started smoking marijuana, the most commonly used drugs in the US, and the age started smoking cigarettes. Also, the third variable sex is added into the research to determine whether the association varies for males and females. It was discovered that there is a significant positive correlation between the age started smoking marijuana and the age started smoking cigarettes. Moreover, sex serves as the moderator in the association, suggesting that the gateway drug effect is stronger for males.
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