Pop culture is making smoking ‘cool’ again — with Gen Z youth watching

Pop culture is making smoking ‘cool’ again — with Gen Z youth watching

Gen Z — largely comprised of middle- and high-school students — reported the lowest smoking rates on record in 2024, according to CDC and FDA data, but that trend may be in jeopardy.

Pop culture embraces smoking as 'cool' again — and Gen Z youth are watching

Gen Z smoking rates hit record lows, but experts warn social media glamorization could reverse decades of public health progress among teens and young adults.

‘Charli xcx Made It Cool Again’: Are We Seeing A Smoking Resurgence?

I think we can all agree that brat summer wasn’t just a fun vibe, it was a cultural turning point. But as we shifted from the clean girl to cool girl, we saw a resurgence in the popularity of smoking, fuelled by our favourite celebs. In other words, smoking somehow became a ~ cool aesthetic ~ again   A taboo habit in pop-culture up until recently, the adoption of smoking as a social accessory now seems to be everywhere. A mainstay in the wo…

Pop culture embraces smoking as ‘cool’ again — and Gen Z youth are watching

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gen Z — largely comprised of middle- and high-school students — reported the lowest smoking rates on record in 2024, according to CDC and FDA data, but that trend may be in jeopardy. “Overall, the decline in smoking in the U.S., [down] to about 11.9% of the population overall, is a great public health success story that has occurred over the past 20 years,” Dr. Neil W. Schluger, dean of the School of M…