You may be wondering about the healthiness of the cigarettes, Youth Coalition member Nina Geraci said at CAPs annual meet and greet with the community last Thursday afternoon
"The menthol serves to mask some of the unattractive features of smoking that might otherwise discourage a child." More than 50% of smokers aged 12 to 17 smoke menthols, according to the FDA
Smoking clearly increases the risk for oral, pharyngeal, esophageal, laryngeal, stomach, pancreas, kidney, cervical cancers, as well as blood cancers like acute myeloid leukemia, and skin cancers like melanoma
The prevalence of non-daily smoking was similar by occupational social grade among all adults but consistently higher among cigarette smokers from more advantaged compared with less advantaged social grades