Smoking no smoking, article from Newsweek, 1995

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This Document entitled Smoking, no smoking is an article taking from Newsweek and published in 1995. It deals with smoking among teenagers in America; it shows that white American teenagers keep on smoking despite the numerous anti-smoking campaigns whereas the black don't.

The first paragraph (line 21 to 24) shows that black American youths quit smoking whereas white don't, the second paragraph (line 25 to 58) that smoking is a white habit and the third paragraph gives the reasons why white teenagers smoking.

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[...] Smoking, no smoking Introduction: This document entitled Smoking, no smoking is an article taking from Newsweek and published in 1995. It deals with smoking among teenagers in America; it shows that white American teenagers keep on smoking despite the numerous anti-smoking campaigns whereas the black don't. The first paragraph (line 21 to 24) shows that black American youths quit smoking whereas white don't, the second paragraph (line 25 to 58) that smoking is a white habit and the third paragraph gives the reasons why white teenagers smoking. [...]

[...] The teens want to identify with the stars; James Dean must have encourage more than one teenager to smoke because he represented the rebellious teenager. Conclusion: The cigarette is a means to show that somebody is independent and the teenagers start smoking to be accepted and have friends. They probably want to seem older. The problem is that teenagers don't see the danger (cancer for example) and they don't understand why they must stop smoking. For them, cigarette means liberty, friends and respect. [...]

[...] II)Smoking is a white habit According to Michael Eriksen, white teenagers smoke to be accepted by their friend. So they associate the cigarette to something cool which allows (permettre) to have friends. The black anti-smoking campaigns are very efficient (efficace), that many explain why white teenagers smoke whereas black don't. The campaigns of the black activists have resulted in reducing smoking. The argument used by them to deter black teens from smoking is: “smoking is a white habit” (line 27-28). [...]