From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-367511-876046
WATERLOO, Ontario (UPI) -- Thirty-five percent of Canadian teens in
grades 10 to 12 say they had tried cigars,
cigarillos and little cigars, a survey indicates.
The Youth Smoking Survey released by the University of Waterloo also
said that while 39.5 percent of boys and 30 percent of girls say they
tried cigars, cigarillos and little cigars, 48 percent say they had
tried cigarettes.
The survey of 71,000 students in Grades 5 to 12 in 467 schools across
Canada conducted by the Centre for Behavioural Research and Program
Evaluation during the 2006-07 school year was funded by Health Canada.
Cigarillos, a short, narrow cigar wrapped in whole-leaf tobacco, are
sold in smaller quantities and are easier to obtain because they
aren't regulated in the same way as cigarettes.
"These results are disturbing," Rob Cunningham of the Canadian Cancer
Society said in a statement. "Cigarillos are appealing to teenagers
because they come in flavors such as fruit, candy and ice cream."
The sampling frame was designed to produce a representative sample of
all youth in Canada in grades 5 through 12, Cunningham said.