California teens say cigarettes aren't cool

[TexasTowelie]

TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2016 -- Cigarettes are one accessory today's California teens are more than willing to forego, a new survey finds.

Fewer of them than ever think cigarettes are cool, the study found, and many view smoking as riskier and less socially acceptable than they did about a decade ago.

This finding mirrors what's happening across the nation, where cigarette smoking among teens has declined greatly over the past two decades. The drop is largely the result of smoke-free policies and public health campaigns that highlighted the harms of smoking, the researchers said.

That's the good news. On the flip side, teens are turning to e-cigarettes, hookahs, cigars and chewing tobacco to get their nicotine fix, according to the authors of a new study.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/12/06/California-teens-say-cigarettes-arent-cool/9671481059697/?spt=hs&or=hn

[markpem]

1. Hmmm...

Not so sure. E-cigarettes still seem stupid

[Tikki]

2. Keep jacking the up the price of all tobacco and nicotine, nicotine fortified products.

Yes, I know there is natural occurring nicotine in some produce, but let's get
the nicotine addiction to a crawl with top shelf pricing.

$5.00 a cigarette and equivalent astronomical pricing for e-cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco
and whatever.

I quit nearly 15 years ago...biggest reason, social isolation and stigma...next biggest reason, the cost.

Tikki