Everyday, approximately 3,000 kids take up smoking. For boys, research shows us that the average age in now around 14. For girls, the statistic is more alarming. Girls are taking up this addictive and deadly habit around the age of 11. This is a pathetic example of how the tobacco industry has encroached into our neighborhoods.
Kids regularly stop at such store to buy snacks, gas or get something to drink.
This messaging implies that tobacco is a sanctioned and accepted part of our lives. This is incorrect. Tobacco-related disease kills an estimated 500,000 Americans each year. Yet this business is promoting the use of tobacco. They are a significant part of the problem.