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Posted by vesperae My questions weren't intended to refute what you were saying, and I was replying in more general terms to the ideas that you were bringing up in the hopes of stimulating further discussion. Cheers, * * * * *v
on July 29, 2007, 12:40 am, in reply to "Re: Bad Girl Image"
Hey Jason, 
"I still say smoking (especially younger smokers) will have a perception of being bad or rebellious to some degree, or at least not totally squeakey clean and wholesome. There is some truth behind those perceptions. Studies have shown young smokers are more likely to experiment in a whole host of other risk taking behavior."
Absolutely. The social tendency to place labels and to pigeonhole people based on appearance or on a particular behavior is a strong one, and the tendency towards other risk-taking behavior once initiation to smoking happens seems to be well documented, as well as being intuitively quite reasonable.
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