Article: FED: Teen anti-smoking campaigns a success: Study

AAP General News (Australia)
07-30-2008
FED: Teen anti-smoking campaigns a success: Study

By Tamara McLean, Medical Writer

SYDNEY, July 30 AAP - Australian teenagers are finally getting the message that smoking
is expensive and makes your breath smell bad, a new study shows.

Two major surveys of teenagers in Western Australia reveal a dramatic re-think in attitudes
towards smoking between 1999 and 2005.

Results showed a substantial increase over time in the number of teenagers who thought
smoking was costly, unattractive and affected fitness levels.

Dr Michael Rosenberg, a population health expert at the University of Western Australia,
said the results showed the short-term effects ...