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> You're right, some people got addicted back when it was cool. But there aren't a lot of those people around these days. Smoking is still considered cool amon
by Amezarak 11y ago
> You're right, some people got addicted back when it was cool. But there aren't a lot of those people around these days.
Smoking is still considered cool among some subgroups. I've seen a lot of 14-16 year olds get addicted to cigarettes this year for that reason. Mostly a subset of the ones that tried vaping, which is being marketed very aggressively even in the US.
- mikeash 11y agoSorry, that was just a shorthand for "when smoking wasn't thought to be harmful to one's health." This thread sure is a gold mine for people jumping on every little mistaken word, huh?
- Domenic_S 11y agoYou leave vaping out of this! http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25739-ecig-users-are-young-heavy-smokers-trying-to-quit.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25739-ecig-users-are-y...