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Flavored Tobac -
The use of flavored tobacco products such as cigars,
cigarillos, smokeless tobacco, hookah tobacco, and Growing Teen Use
e-liquids (used in e-cigarettes) has increased in recent •
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years' These products use enticing flavors, colorful ;
packaging and lower prices to hook a new generation A majority of youth report flavoring
of tobacco users. as a leading reason for using
tobacco products.6 This includes:
A Public Health Threat 82% of e-cigarette users
L 79% of hookah users•
Enticing Fruit and Candy Flavors
• , , of cigar users
Sweet flavors like watermelon, 69% of smokeless users
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cherry, chocolate, mint, and gummy
bear appeal to kids and teens.Z
80 % of young people
Flavorings mask the harsh taste who have ever used
of tobacco which make it easier for tobacco started with a flavored
youth to initiate tobacco use.2 tobacco product.6
Marketed to Young People �.
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Flavored tobacco products often use the same
flavoring chemicals as popular brands like Jolly 7 out of 10
Rancher, Kool-Aid, and Life Savers.' teens who use tobacco
3=990 have used a flavored
Little cigars are often sold in small "" product in the past 30
packages for less than a dollar and days'
promoted as a low-cost alternative to •
cigarettes.'s ;
Colorful packaging and placement
near the register makes them highly ;
visible and attractive to kids.4 •