A 2019 Centers for Disease Control study showed that about half of high school smokers use menthol cigarettes
Though the painter likely had no knowledge of the connection between cigarettes and lung cancer, there is something in this painting that suggests a devil-may-care attitude, something that is always so well punctuated by a burning cigarette hanging out of the mouth
Siddiqi K, Shah S, Abbas SM, Vidyasagaran A, Jawad M, Dogar O, Sheikh A
Calling for the strengthening of the tobacco control measures around the world, to protect the health of children, the brief advocates for tobacco control through what it calls the MPOWER measure -an acronym describing a raft of tobacco control actions including tax increases and, advertising bans on tobacco products in addition to assisting smokers to quit the habit