"Alcohol...lighter fluid. This is all stuff you're inhaling into your body," said an FSU Nursing student.

Students from the FSU College of Nursing came to Wakulla High School Wednesday to teach classes about the dangers of smoking.

Through research, nursing students found 35- percent of teenagers in Wakulla County are using tobacco products. That's more than double the state average.

"I guess just because of the parties and things that we have out here and the peer pressure is actually really bad. It didn't really surprise me at all," said Regan Franckhauser, a Wakulla High School student.

Students say another reason for lighting up is because they're bored and use smoking as an outlet. Others say tobacco products are very accessible.

Nursing students teamed up with the Wakulla County Health Department and the Wakulla County School Board to get to the root of the problem.

"We're trying to educate them on the importance of not smoking and what it does to the body, all the cancers it can give you, just the overall health problems that it gives people when they do get older," said Garret Yost, a FSU Nursing student.

Shirley Bouie is a teacher at Wakulla High and says more education is necessary. For that reason, her students will be writing reports on the risks of smoking.

"I was very surprised at the high percentage here in this county. And that is something we want to address," said Bouie.

Health officials say the goal is to help teens in Wakulla County stand up to peer pressure.

Earlier this year the Wakulla County Health Department started a program in the schools called SWAT, Students Working Against Tobacco.

Facts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

- Every day about 1,300 people under the age of 18 start smoking on a daily basis.
- Tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths each year.

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