Posted on June 3, 2008 by Gerald Pugliese
And around 40 million chinese children between the ages of 13 and 18 have tried smoking. The
AFP reports:
Fifteen million had become addicted to tobacco, the report said.
"The number of youths in China that have tried smoking and who now smoke increases year after year," the report said, without giving any comparative figures.
"Male students are the main smokers among school children, and in big cities, the number of female students who have tried smoking or who smoke is growing."
Between 66 and 68 percent of those that had tried tobacco products had smoked their first whole cigarette before they even reached 13, according to the report, a 15 percent increase from 1998.
China has about 350 million smokers, about a quarter of its population and one-third of the world's smokers, according to official statistics.
Where are the millions of parents to straighten these kids out?
