"We're hoping overall in Monroe County this is a great step towards health and wellness, and really hoping to lower those rates of smoking and tobacco usage amongst our populations and our communities," said Popovici."It definitely sets the precedent of where we're looking to go for our health, and it's really important for our young people to kind of see that such a high tax is showing we're really trying to avoid these products." Resources to quit smoking and to learn more about the dangers of nicotine addiction can be found here
Heres what Renee Magnan, a Washington State assistant professor of psychology, had to say on the study: Our outcomes suggest that focusing on enhancing understanding and knowledge from smoking warning labels that convey true consequences of smoking may not only influence motivation directlyboth in terms of quitting and prevention of smokingbut may actually drive the emotional experience of the label, which we know is an important predictor of motivation
According to the American Lung Association, cigarette usage among high school students fell 74 percent between 2002 to 2019
For example, some who study tobacco in China say the Global Burden of Disease overestimates smoking deaths in that country, in part by not accounting for how much air pollution and occupational risks (like coal dust) contribute to deaths among smokers