AN alarming 40% of adolescent South Africans have admitted to being addicted to – or at least to using – tobacco products, with more than half of those saying they thought it made them more popular and allowed them the comfort of having more friends.
In a study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the group of 13 to 15 year-olds found that 24% of boys and 18.4% of girls who smoked seemed more