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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

As Japanese Teenagers Adopt Cell Phones…

…they are giving up on cigarettes, according to a study commissioned by the Japanese government.

Japanese teenagers are spending so much of their money on mobile-phone bills that they can’t afford to smoke, a new government report says. High school students there typically get between $55 and $65 allowance per month, and spend between $36 and $55 on their phones, leading researchers to believe there’s a correlation between the rising bills and dropping smoking rates.

Well, it’s a better (and more profitable!) solution than those ridiculous anti-tobacco ads our government is running.

Posted on August 23, 2005 08:29 AM. Permalink