New York's youth smokers are smoking the same heavily marketed brands as New York's adults, according to a report issued by the State Health Department. The report ("Established Youth Smokers in New York Prefer the Same Brands of Cigarettes as Adult Smokers") says that about 75 percent of established high school smokers in New York preferred Newport, Marlboro or Camel cigarettes in 2010."The fact that youth and adult smokers are choosing the same top three brands demonstrates that tobacco marketing effectively targets youth and adults," said Samantha Vanstrom, Senior Program Coordinator for Chautauqua, Cattaraugus & Allegany Counties Reality Check.
