Canadian teens not smoking, are still farting

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The drop in teenage smoking rates in Canada—down to just 15 percent, per this new ad campaign—has come at a steep price: No one ever has a lighter handy when you need to set your farts on fire. A Pyrrhic victory, indeed. The “15 and Falling” campaign, from Nova Scotia’s health department, also has an interesting Web component, maintaining a list of people, bands, TV shows and more that also (like smoking) used to be cool but now suck.

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