Steeds meer jongeren roken sigaren
Door de almaar doorschietende druk op rokers in de VS wordt een nieuw fenomeen opgewekt: jongeren gaan niet meer ‘aan de sigaret’ maar kopen sigaren. Sigaren zijn cool en staan in de media en anti-rookcampagnes minder onder druk….
According to industry magazine Smokeshop’s most recent survey, 23 percent of cigar customers are 22 to 34 years old – marking an upturn after two years of decline among that age group. The youngsters outpuff 50- to 64-year-olds by a couple of percentage points, the survey found.
Cigar sales, in general, continue to rise. In 1993, 2.1 billion large cigars were consumed, according to federal figures cited by the Cigar Association of America, based in Washington. Nearly a decade later, consumption had doubled, to 4.2 billion large cigars in 2002.