Cigarettes are having a social-media moment as celebrities and influencers pose with smokes — and health experts warn aesthetic posts could reverse decades of declining use among youth.
No filter shows emphysema. The content sells rebellion; the product sells addiction. The gap between post and pathology is the whole scam.
Image matters in music — but the legends who smoked through videos also died through them. Protect the instrument: voice, lungs, life. The aesthetic isn't worth the autopsy.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
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