The US that tolls about 35 trillion yen annually by cigarettes embarks on teen smoking countermeasures

ByAlvaro Huirimilla Thiznau

Minor's smoking is prohibited in many countries, and smoking of cigarettes under 20 years is prohibited even in Japan. Many high school students in the United States are smoking,America Disease Control Center(CDC) has announced survey results on smoking in adolescents and is working on countermeasures.

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According to the CDC survey, 22.9% of high school students and 6.5% of junior high school students in the United States have experienced smoking once in the last 30 days. Furthermore, when asked about the experience of smoking so far, it is revealed that 46% of high school students and 17.7% of junior high school students have experienced smoking to date. It is also clear that 75% of adults do not quit smoking when adolescents have smoking habits, so many minors have experienced smoking or currently smoking It is a big problem.

It was announced in January 2014Surgeon General's ReportsAt the conclusion that "5.6 million young people 0 to 17 years old now will die prematurely due to illness caused by smoking" has come to the conclusion that "If the current youth smoking rate does not decrease, it is the representative of CDC Tim McAfee says, "90% of smokers are experiencing smoking for the first time by 18 years of age and we have to make more efforts to control youth smoking, but our tobacco control program We will be boosting it. "


Surveys on the use of cigarettes using fire as well as high school students and junior high school students have also been published, and 4.5% of high school students and 1.1% of junior high school students have experienced using electronic cigarettes within the past 30 days , And that. The effect of the electronic cigarette on the body was not clear, but according to the report published in 2014 it has been shown that adolescent brain development is adversely affected.

Also, since CDC has cheaper cigarettes as compared with cigarettes, there are also fruits and candy flavors that are prohibited in normal cigarettes, so it is also a problem for junior and senior high school students to be popular . CDC's Brian King says, "To raise the price of cigarettes to deter young people smoking is one means,American Food and Drug Administration(FDA) "The Real CostWe are hoping for a role to lower youth smoking rate in the campaign. "


In the United States, about 480,000 people die each year due to tobacco harm and losses of more than 289 billion dollars (about 35 trillion yen) a year are coming out. There is no such thing as cigarette vending machines in the city like in Japan, but it seems that there are problems in such environments, even in junior high and high school students seem to be able to obtain cigarettes easily.