Quebec Eyes Cigarillo Ban To Curb Teen Smoking

Posted on Thursday, January 24 at 15:25 by captain_kirk
Young people now smoke more cigarillos than cigarettes, which has increased overall smoking among teens, according to new figures from Quebec's health department.

According to the province, the population of teens who smoked cigarettes dropped from 90,000 to 71,000 in the last two years, but the overall number of young smokers rose to 115,000, when cigarillo consumption was included in the count.

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