All The Coolest Kids Smoke

Settled science. Time to move on.

Popular teenagers tend to smoke and influence others to take up the deadly habit in an effort to fit in and be liked, the new research found.

The study also found that students’ perceptions of their peers’ behaviour mattered just as much as whether or not they actually smoked.

According to Hispanically Speaking News, Prof Valente said: ‘Popularity is a strong predictor of smoking.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2199855/Popular-kids-likely-smoke-study-says.html#ixzz25ylpTLIk