Sentences with phrase «by young smokers»

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More than three - quarters of black adolescent and young adult smokers use Newports, a menthol cigarette produced by Lorillard, according to a 2004 study.

Look at whether the plain packaging of tobacco products could be an effective way to reduce the number of young people who take up smoking and to support adult smokers who want to quit, and consult on options by the end of the year.

The fact that menthol cigarettes are favoured by adolescents and young smokers leads to the suspicion that their availability encourages people to smoke, and this, too, is supported by research.

A research team led by SDSU environmental health scientist and lead author Neil Klepeis, behavioral health researcher and principal investigator Melbourne Hovell, and co-investigator Suzanne Hughes recruited into the study nearly 300 families living in San Diego with at least one child aged 14 and younger and one smoker.

According to an international survey e-cigarettes were used by younger people, those with higher incomes, and heavier smokers in particular.

By contrast, the age for former smokers drops to just over two years younger than life - long non-smokers.

Studying data from 2,871 smoking and nonsmoking young adults, ages 18 - 34, Dr. Olivia A. Wackowski and Dr. Cristine D. Delnevo found that a quarter of young adults believed hookah to be less risky than cigarettes — a belief shared by current cigarette smokers and those who had never smoked cigarettes before.

While bans in public transportation or in schools were found to decrease the exposure of non-smokers, those in recreational public places, such as bars, restaurants or recreational facilities, increased their exposure by displacing smokers to private places where they contaminate non-smokers, and in particular young children.