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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 15 Children and teen smoking |
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| | One cigarette marketing plan noted, "The industry is dominated by the companies |
| | who respond most effectively to the needs of the younger smoker." |
| | British Medical Journal, August 23, 1997, p. 439 |
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| | "However intriguing smoking was at 11, 12 or 13, by the age of 16 or 17 many |
| | regretted their use of cigarettes for health reasons and because they feel unable to |
| | stop smoking when they want to. By the age of 16, any peer pressure to initiate others |
| | to smoking is gone. In fact, smokers openly bemoan the sight of 11 or 12 year olds |
| | that they see smoking, and in effect, the 16 year olds now act towards their juniors as |
| | their own parents act towards them ..." |
| | From "Project 16", a 1977 Canadian focus group report for Imperial Tobacco |
| | (Smoke and Mirrors, p. 167) |
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| | "...don't underestimate the industry's commitment to finding powerful nonverbal hooks, |
| | particularly for young beginning smokers. A lot of psychologists are reportedly on the |
| | payroll, and rumor has it that they include child psychologists, too." |
| | U.S. News and World Report, June 2, 1997, p. 18 (John Leo) |
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| | The message of Philip Morris to youth is "you shouldn't smoke unless you're a mature |
| | adult." That is nothing but a dare and an enticement or children to smoke. One of the |
| | main reasons children smoke is to appear mature and adult. |
| | New York Newsday, January 7, 1992 |
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| | "While RJ Reynolds plasters 'Joe Camel' billboards and signs everywhere, they then |
| | go and hire actor Danny Glover to appear in ads that say the company really doesn't |
| | think that 'kids' should smoke.... Do we really think that the fox truly cares about the |
| | safety of the chickens?" |
| | Rev. Jesse W. Brown, Jr., (SCARC Action Alert, May 7, 1993) |
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