Jonathan Klein of the University of Rochester
Jonathan JUST HAPPENS to have an interest in the following:
"Preventive health services, teen pregnancy and tobacco, health services research, program evaluation"
Posted on 06/18/2007 5:48:45 PM PDT by qam1
smoke the real things later, new research concludes.
The look-alikes made of candy or gum are marketing and advertising tools that desensitize kids and open them moreso to the idea of smoking later on, says study leader Jonathan Klein of the University of Rochester. Candy cigarettes cannot be considered simply as candy, Klein said.
The findings, from a nationally representative sample of 25,887 U.S. adults who were surveyed online via a Harris Poll, are detailed in the July issue of the journal Preventive Medicine.
The study is the first to show a statistical link between a history with fake cigarettes and adult experiences with real smokes —22 percent of current or former smokers had also regularly consumed candy cigarettes, while only 14 percent of those who have never smoked had eaten or played with candy cigarettes often or very often.
"The continued existence of these products helps promote smoking as a culturally or socially acceptable activity," Klein said, in a prepared statement.
Philip Morris USA had no comment specifically on the study, said spokesman Bill Phelps, but he noted that the company has a youth smoking prevention program that features brochures and materials on the company's Web site to help parents talk to their kids about not smoking.
"We don't want kids to smoke," he said, "and we do not use fruit- or candy-flavor labels to market any of our tobacco products."
World Candies, a leading maker of candy cigarettes, was contacted for comment, but did not provide any before this story was published.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
For the love of ...........
These people need real jobs
What about toy guns?
Doogle
study links agenda-driven morons and junk science
...How do they explain the popularity of smoking BEFORE candy cigarettes?...???????
...women having relationships with large laundry appliances
would light the candy cigs and they would taste like burnt marshmallows....YUM!
That study's next, I'm sure.
I played Princess when I was little, but didn't grow up to be one. And I played smoking and here I am STILL a nonsmoker at 43.
I played with candy cigarettes, and I would never THINK of smoking. NASTY. That study is bogus, IMHO.
new tagline for me!
Yeah, candy cigs lead to smoking, but murder and mayhem in TV, movies, and music videos are harmless.
Right.
Candy cigarettes: the gateway drug.
Peer pressure, the universal pinata! :-)
Yeah, and candy canes lead to old age.
My dad smoked. My dad had a job filling vending machines. I had candy cigarettes. I tried smoking when I was 15. Not because of my dad, but because my boyfriend did. I didn’t like my throat hurting so never smoked again. Those few days of smoking were not because of candy cigarettes or because my dad smoked.
Toy guns next...Maybe ban plastic (toy) cheezeburgers to prevent obesity, too.../sarc
Jonathan Klein of the University of Rochester
Jonathan JUST HAPPENS to have an interest in the following:
"Preventive health services, teen pregnancy and tobacco, health services research, program evaluation"
I gave up tobacco cigarettes for the candy ones. I hope they never ban them or I’ll have to go back.
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