More Young Adults Trying Smoking for the First Time
Published: September 5, 2018
Millennials living more dangerously and settling down later could be creating a new generation of addicted smokers, according to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Researchers there have found greater numbers of new smokers and e-cigarette users among young adults compared to adolescents, reversing previous social norms.
“Historically, it used to be that nearly everything started by age 18. That’s no longer the case, as young adults are experimenting with things once more common during high school years. Young adults are starting to act like adolescents,” said Cheryl Perry, PhD, senior author and professor and regional dean at the UTHealth School of Public Health in Austin.
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