Half of teen smokers go for flavoured products, up risk of getting hooked: study

Among Canadian teens who report using tobacco, more than half are opting for products infused with such flavours as bubble-gum, cherry or watermelon, a study has found. The University of Waterloo study is based on the 2010-2011 Youth Smoking Survey of Grade 9-12 students from across Canada. Lead author Leia Minaker, a postdoctoral fellow at the university’s Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, said the tobacco industry promotes cigarettes, cigarillos and smokeless tobacco with a variety of flavours and glitzy packaging to attract young people to the addictive products. Read more here.