Mobile phones take priority over smoking
August 22nd, 2005
Health officials in Japan announced a drop in the rate of smoking among teenagers in Japan. Kenji Hayashi, the head of research at the Health Ministry, said that “There is a high chance that phone bills are weighing on the money they spend on cigarettes. The monthly allowance students get ranges between 6000 yen [$A72] and 7000 yen, but over 80 per cent of them own a cell phone and some studies show the phone bills they pay amount to 4000 to 6000 yen. We need to investigate the correlation between the two.” Thanks to mobile phone companies and their hidden costs, I have not only stopped smoking but started eating lesser too. They care about us and just want us to be healthy.
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my many thanks to the cell phone companies then… but what will happen when you get that 6 figure salary?? let’s hope the smoking is permanently gone!
They should study the correlation between the two. If they are related, then we should somehow use it more to weed out smoking. Better to be on the phone for some irresponsible kids than to smoke just to show “coolness.”
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