We need your help to spare them from suffering life-long addictions and premature deaths. Sadly, Indiana's share of this tragedy is above the national average, with 42.6 percent of eighth graders saying they have smoked cigarettes in the last year.
Smoking is on the rise among almost all categories of Indiana' s children.
Not surprisingly, the fastest rising cigarette being smoked by children is Camel. Earlier this year, we, along with the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Health and other state agencies, joined forces to combat underage smoking by establishing the Attorney General's Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition. The coalition is pursuing a two-pronged strategy to reduce sales of tobacco products to minors by increasing enforcement efforts of existing laws and by working cooperatively with retailers to stamp out sales of tobacco products to youngsters. Liggett now admits that cigarettes cause lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema. Liggett admits smoking is addictive.