1st Time Teen Tobacco, Pot Use Up In June, July

Teenagers aged 13 to 17 are more likely to start smoking cigarettes or weed on an average day in June and July than any other month in the year, according to study results released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration .

[Hugh Jass]

I'm sure RJR could have told us that decades ago.

[Need A Light]

Hugh Jass wrote:

I'm sure RJR could have told us that decades ago.

Teens have more money perhaps than any time in history. They generally have more than the ordinary Joe who wants his pint and a smoke.

[Hugh Jass]

Need A Light wrote:

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Teens have more money perhaps than any time in history. They generally have more than the ordinary Joe who wants his pint and a smoke.

Not really relevant (and not particularly sensible unless you assume either that teens are not ordinary or that they don't want a pint and a smoke) to the idea of their choice of brands.

Brand selection AND brand loyalty were both aspects of child smokers that were in the industry's market research parameters.

[Hugh Jass]

My bad. I guess my comment wasn't relevant to what month they began in. It does make sense that they would start during summer vacation when they had more free (and probably unsupervised) time than during the school year.

They probably spend more time with kids that happen to live nearby rather than kids from their own age groups without the structure of school, and that could put them in contact with older kids that they would try to impress.

[Need A Light]

Moron Detector wrote:

Its summer holidays = boredom. Plus they must be really stupid, which 13 to 17 year olds are. They are braindead. And they continue to be idiots and smokers into adulthood.

To know one is to be one and you have detected yourself, mommy owes you a candy !

[Hugh Jass]

I wonder if they have asked the tobacco companies for their data on smokers under 13?

[HowzBoutDat]

Moron wrote:

<quoted text> BEEP, BEEP , BEEP, BEEP I'm another.

Sho 'nuff!