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Flavored cigarettes banned nationwide |
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 |
by JULIA HARR
News Reporter
Cigarettes with names like Twista Lime and Mocha Taboo were no longer available in stores as of Oct. 11 because of a domestic ban on flavored cigarettes.
North
Carolina, along with several other states, had already banned these
cigarettes months before the national ban, according to the American
Lung Association.
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A study preformed by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute showed about 20
percent of 17-year-old smokers smoked flavored cigarettes compared to
about 9 percent of 20 to 24-year-old smokers.
“The cigarettes are targeted toward children; they have candy names,”
American Lung Association of North Carolina Vice President of Programs
and Advocacy Susan King Cope said. “They also had names of different
alcohols and had a gambling marketing scheme.”
Advertisements in magazines typically read by teens as well as adults
such as Cosmopolitan and Playboy depict scantily clad women doing
various activities like ice-skating and sun bathing while enjoying
flavored cigarettes.
Because of the flavoring, it’s easier for kids to start smoking, King said.
“I feel like the flavored cigarettes are marketed toward youth,”
Lindsey C. Evans, freshman elementary education major, said. “For
people that smoke for the image, a flavored cigarette at least tastes
better.”
Some students agree smoking flavored cigarettes is more appealing.
“It’s easier to smoke flavored cigarettes,” Beth M. Bowles, freshman
graphic design major, said. “You don’t have the strong taste of a
regular cigarette.”
The American Lung Association sponsors activities on a national and local level to prevent teenaged smoking.
The North Carolina division advocates against flavored cigarettes through public education on the targeting of young people.
On a national level, the American Lung Association encourages lobbyists
to talk to senators about the dangers of teenaged smoking.
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