1 in 10 teens say smoking on TV, YouTube 'looks cool'

Around 9.2 percent of middle and high school students in South Korea think characters who smoke are attractive, a survey showed Sunday.

The survey, conducted by Studies on Korean Youth, looked at how smoking scenes on mass media affect teenage smoking.

It found that 9.6 percent of teenage boys and 8.8 percent of teenage girls think that the characters who smoke on TV, movies, YouTube videos and other platforms are attractive.

In terms of age, 10.8 percent of high school students and 7.9 percent ...