After all, Republicans are committed to regulatory reform and will be forced to oppose the president's ill-conceived plan. While the President's political instincts may be sound, his grasp of the facts is not.
Underage smoking is on the rise.
But according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, youth smoking has been declining for 20 years. Such studies also do not take into account that half of all smokers eventually quit. These drugs have no Joe Camel. When drug experimentation begins in childhood or adolescence, the user is often handicapped by a drug-filled environment, poor family structure, emotional immaturity, ignorance or denial of the dangers of drug abuse, absence of a desirable role model and the lack of treatment opportunities. Family structure is believed to be a particularly strong factor in teen smoking.