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Originally Posted by Rathji
I must have missed the stats that said more and more young people are smoking than ever before. Mind linking the page where you got that information because when I try putting that search into Google, all I get is this image:
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Smoking rates among Alberta youth shot up dramatically, even as rates in the rest of the country hit record lows, according to Health Canada.
The number of regular smokers aged 15-19 in Alberta jumped from 12 per cent in 2009 to 17 per cent in 2010 — a 40% relative increase in youth smoking, according to annual results from the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...h-alberta.html
Now it's nice to know countrywide its declining, but its obviously not good its rising so dramatically here. Other provinces have taken much more stringent measures against tobacco (including the lawsuits). Spending more to educate kids about the dangers of smoking just doesn't seem like wise spending to me unless it has a significant impact.
Edit: Yay for Taiwanese animation!