Cigarettes and Young Adults

[SHP]

I am seeing this in young adults I know as well as in online groups. Smoking cigarettes seems to be becoming more popular. From young adults wanting their wedding pictures to include them smoking, to so many young adults smoking. 

With all that is known, I just do not get it.

[Rosie_0801]

I know an YA who does that and it is because he does not want to be healthy.

[Spryte]

I don’t get it either. Some young adults here are very into smoking cigars as well. 

[Arcadia]

15 minutes ago, Spryte said:

Some young adults here are very into smoking cigars as well. 

When I was a kid back in the 70s/80s, cigars was a status symbol though some display cigars like people display expensive wine. It is like the poorer people would be smoking the cheapest type of Malboro cigarettes, while those with more "fun money" would buy Dunhill cigarettes. Then there were people who roll their own cigarettes because it is cheaper or because they prefer to. Smoking a pipe was seen as more affluent that smoking cigarettes. 

[SHP]

49 minutes ago, Rosie_0801 said:

I know an YA who does that and it is because he does not want to be healthy.

That is very sad

[Melissa in Australia]

How can they afford it. Here a pack of cigarettes is something like $60

[bookbard]

I think I've read that vaping has increased the number of smokers, in that they get addicted to nicotine and move from vaping to smoking. Smoking has increased for the first time in 25 years in Australia. Around 1 in 10 people smoke or vape. They are going to make it harder to vape in Australia, lots of new rules coming in like making it prescription only and making it illegal to import disposable and recreational vapes - also restricting flavours to 3 only.

 https://www.quit.org.au/news/new-data-shows-australian-teen-smoking-increasing-for-the-first-time-in-25-years-against-a-backdrop-of-rising-e-cigarette-use

Edited April 22 by bookbard

[Pawz4me]

I don't know anyone (of any age) who smokes cigarettes. And I live in the heart of tobacco country.

[HomeAgain]

6 hours ago, Melissa in Australia said:

How can they afford it. Here a pack of cigarettes is something like $60

My question, too.  They're pretty expensive here.

I know more YAs who vape and use CBD oils in different forms than those who smoke.  I'm not even sure I know more than one adult who smokes cigarettes now.

[Rosie_0801]

7 hours ago, Melissa in Australia said:

How can they afford it. Here a pack of cigarettes is something like $60

I've noticed my smoking mates roll their own unless they're particularly cashed up.

[Catwoman]

I occasionally see someone smoking in public, but I don’t know anyone who smokes or vapes, and my ds24 and his friends are all anti-smoking and anti-vaping. I don’t think any of them would even date someone who smoked or vaped. 

Edited April 22 by Catwoman

[Scarlett]

None of the young adults in my world smokes except for my older step son. 
 

My neighbor smokes and it is annoying when that nasty smell makes its way into my yard. 

[SHP]

6 hours ago, Pawz4me said:

I don't know anyone (of any age) who smokes cigarettes. And I live in the heart of tobacco country.

The smokers I know tend to be either older than 65 or younger than 30. I don't know any smoker in-between those ages. 

[fairfarmhand]

Since I live in one of the top tobacco producing counties in the country, it never really went away here. There’s always been a segment of this area that has smoked and among the lower income people it happens in all age ranges. I do see 20-30 year olds in middle and upper middle income families smoking cigars more. And vaping is huge among all income levels with young people.

[KungFuPanda]

I don’t remember the last time I saw someone smoking and I’m in a very populated area. 

[BusyMom5]

All the younger people I see are vaping.  My college kids have also mentioned people vaping everywhere- including sneaking it in class, hallways- last week one was in a private study session- 4 kids- and one started vaping in the very small study room.  Both find it annoying and kind of alarming how many are vaping and how often they must do it- not even able to go through class without taking a puff. 

[catz]

I so rarely see people smoke or vape, I do a double take when I do.  We are in a populated urban area.   I'm sure I'm not hanging out in the right circles lol.  My young adult's freinds definitely don't either.  And they are in 2 different cities from us.

[Lecka]

My son has close friends who vape.  My daughter does not, but she says she sees a lot of other kids vaping.  
 

I do see people vaping, in parking lots and sitting in cars in parking lots.  It does depend on the store.