Un informe del gobierno de Japón parece indicar -y siempre hay que tomarse estas cosas con precaución- que los adolescentes japoneses gastan tanto en el móvil que no se pueden permitir el lujo de fumar. Un informe de hace tres años indicaba que los jóvenes japoneses fumaban menos, pero el efecto se debía a que el móvil sustituía al tabaco como símbolo de estatus.
A silver lining has been found in the mobile phone addiction of teenagers: they are so broke after coughing up the money to pay their phone bills, they can’t afford to smoke.
The connection has been made by health officials in Japan who yesterday announced an unprecedented drop in the rate of smoking among teenagers.
There is “a high chance phone bills are weighing on the money they spend on cigarettes”, said Kenji Hayashi, the head of research at the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry. A survey of 103,500 high school students found the rate of smoking among boys aged 17 and 18 had fallen to 22 per cent last year compared with 37 per cent in two earlier surveys in 1996 and 2000.
(vía Techdirt)
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