Smokers Are Still High School’s ‘Cool Kids,’ Study Finds

Hispanically Speaking News ^ | September 7, 2012 | HS News Staff

[Mears]

Are those “losers” now in jail or on the dole,or even dead?

Might be interesting to do a follow up and see how they turned out.

[TigersEye]

Dragnet? My bad, I should have said 53 years ago.

[TigersEye]

It was a cool scene until the fuzz showed up. Then we had to cheese it!

[9YearLurker]

How does one move ‘up to’ Nevada, unless if from Latin America?

[xtinct]

There was a smoking area in the middle of a large medical center parking lot near me (no shelter). Smokers were out there in all kinds of weather the first year (1998). Now, the center has banned smoking on the whole campus.

There are two diehards that smoke on the sidewalk.

[dsrtsage]

Uhh, Nevada is not a border state. Besides I moved 500 miles north, which I consider up. But as far as latitude, much of california, most of arizona, new mexico, texas, florida are further south than even Las Vegas

[9YearLurker]

Ha ha—East Coaster here who has been to Las Vegas many times. Don’t know what I was thinking. (Other than that it’s down from me.)

[Gabz]

Technically, and I think I can be wrong on this, I do not believe it is illegal for minors to smoke. I believe it is simply illegal to sell, or otherwise give tobacco to them.

In most places you are correct. A few states may have made it illegal for them to smoke as well, but I'm not sure off top of my head.

When all the usual suspects - cancer society, lung association, etc. wanted to raise the age for purchase to 18 in Delaware, language was also included to make it illegal for them to smoke as well. Guess who had that language removed? Yup, the lung association, cancer society, etc. They claimed it was unfair to the little kiddies because they were "addicts."

These nannies make my head spin.

[SVTCobra03]

I always viewed the students that smoked as the stupid kids.

When I was in high school(when dinosaurs ruled the world) the major groups were greasers, soc's, jocks and the rest of us. It was the greasers that smoked.

[ichabod1]

Valente said kids need to be told that the tobacco industry is manipulating them to smoke, “since teenagers don’t like to be manipulated.”

Then maybe they ought to consider that teenagers don't like being manipulated by THEM.

I hate public health nazis.

[ichabod1]

The trouble with high school is that the qualities considered “cool” by some are not the qualities that help you do well later in life.

[PeterPrinciple]

A few states may have made it illegal for them to smoke as well,

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The charge I see in the papers is illegal possession............

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

I use to buy cigarettes and tell them they were for my mom : )
That was in the early 80’s, I remember driving to Idaho because we could drink their @ 19 and no one would even bother carding us, we were 16.

You are correct about young adults being coddled.

[FreedomPoster]

Bingo!

I had lunch today with a large group at a consulting engagement, and the topic of tattoos came up.

An attractive 30ish woman commented that when she was 16, she told her mom she was going to get a tattoo. Her mom replied fine, they’re great!, whatever.

Her reaction at the time was, Oh, mom’s OK with it, maybe it’s not so cool.

Brilliant reverse psychology by mom.

[HoneysuckleTN]

Valente said kids need to be told that the tobacco industry is manipulating them to smoke, “since teenagers don’t like to be manipulated.”

So true! Because cigarettes are advertized in every venue (even on TV), there are cigarette machines everywhere, everyone smokes on TV and in the movies, and you can smoke anywhere you want to--in restaurants, waiting rooms, movie theatres, and on airplanes.

Oh, wait...

Um, exactly how is the tobacco industry "manipulating teenagers to smoke"?!?

[eXe]

You forgot ECON 102, An increase in the price of an item, will simply shift the item’s sale to criminals and the black market.

Happening all over the country as we type.

[Eric Blair 2084]

The entire anti smoking movement is not predicated on some altruistic benevolent concern for the health of mankind. Anti smoking groups are greedier liars then Big Tobacco. They get their funding to pay for the leases on their Mercedes Benz E350 from Big Phrma front groups peddling useless nicotine patches, gums for $50. Great racket.

That’s why they oppose alternative nicotine delivery systems like electronic cigarettes. It’s all about the $$$$$ and protecting their paymasters.

[Eric Blair 2084]

If you really personally want kids to stop smoking, do the right thing. Stop encouraging them by being a tool.

Film a PSA commercial where you smoke a cigarette, look into the camera and say:

“If you want to be just like me, Drango, don’t ever smoke.”

No kid would ever smoke again. Do it for the children.

Goofs like you make inhaling carbon monoxide cool.

[FreedomPoster]

Yes, those vape things are a pretty interesting alternative to cigs, and like you say, are definitely a threat to high-$$ patches and such.

[Drango]

Hey Eric...whatup? Long time no see...turn your kids into addicts yet?