students smoke cigars at a comparable rate to cigarettes

[El Presidente]

really? What data? 

A US article. 

https://www.alreporter.com/2022/10/26/opinion-flavored-cigars-threaten-our-childrens-health/

 "Data show that high school students smoke cigars at a comparable rate to cigarettes, and high school males smoke them at a slightly higher rate"

[Cigar Surgeon]

Naw the FDA did a study that showed that wasn't true and then got spanked by Judge Mehta for misrepresenting the smoking rates of youth.

Spoiler alert: it's next to zero. 

[NSXCIGAR]

I'm assuming these are Swisher Sweets and Black & Mild, primarily used as blunts. 

There always needs to be a distinction in any analysis between premium and non-premium cigars. They are fundamentally different products as recognized by the court. Failure to do so is essentially journalistic or statistical malpractice. 

[cgoodrich]

As it states at the end of the article, this an opinion article. The doctor says “data shows” yet doesn’t support the statement with the review or data. Another one of those “fear” pieces to sway people who don’t fact check.

[rolaand]

You know they aren’t a scientist, data or otherwise, because of that phrase. A real scientist would say “the data show”.

Highly polarizing topic in academia.

[Namisgr11]

Young people in the US vape.

[brutusthebuckeye]

48 minutes ago, Namisgr11 said:

Young people in the US vape.

Yes they do. You hardly ever see teens and 20 something’s smoking heaters anymore. Probably because there so expensive. The days of smoking Doral and Basic for 99 cents a pack are long gone lol. 

[TMan1]

Mmmmmm! Swishers in high school. I can still remember the silky smooth cardboard paper-like feel to those wrappers 🤢! The taste was comparable…..

[BrightonCorgi]

This year I have puritos in the Halloween bowl

[patrickamory]

I don't think I've ever seen a young person smoking a real cigar in NYC.

Blunts are another matter...

[fisherclive]

Same here near Detroit, swisher, white owl, etc used as blunts and vaping are the 2 most popular 

[Greenhorn2]

Around here it's flavored wrappers used to roll blunts. Watermelon, cherry. All grades of flavored wrappers.very few cigars used.

[NSXCIGAR]

13 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

This year I have puritos in the Halloween bowl

I'm coming to your house. I'm thinking Winston Churchill costume. 

[BrightonCorgi]

4 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

I'm coming to your house. I'm thinking Winston Churchill costume. 

I'll give you a Sir Winston to match!