TOBACCO
Preventing Tobacco Use Among
Youth and Young Adults
The Tobacco Industry
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Fewer adults are smoking today, both
because many have quit and because about
half of long-term smokers die from diseases
caused by their tobacco use. So, cigarette
companies look to young people as replacement smokers. They use a variety of marketing
strategies to encourage new consumers to try
their products, and to continue using them.
Susceptibility of Youth and
Young Adults
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Tobacco Use: A
Preventable Epidemic
THE PROBLEM
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Today’s teens and young adults can access
information on millions of subjects almost
instantly. But many of the same media that
warn of the dangers of tobacco use also carry
messages that smoking is cool—edgy—adult.
That’s one reason nearly 4,000 kids under age
18 try their first cigarette every day. That’s
almost 1.5 million youth a year. In fact,