Focus: Smoking among teenagers

Is banning the sale of cigarettes to underage customers the solution?

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  • Banning the sale of cigarettes to underage customers is not the solution to the problem of smoking among teenagers.
  • Smoking is often a form of rebellion and self-expression by teenagers.
  • Mass media has glorified smoking as something ‘cool’, which is why teenagers pick up the habit.

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