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Reset Australia is demanding greater data protections for teenagers after it uncovered a Facebook loophole that allows teenagers to be profiled and targeted with advertising based on a range of age inappropriate interests, such as alcohol, smoking, gambling, and extreme weight loss.

Twitter user @briannaolivas_ has posted a video of her iPhone 7 Plus with smoke coming out of the left hand side, with Apple to investigate.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) article, from July 9, 2010, shows that 19.5% of high school students use cigarettes. The decline in the percentage of teen smokers was found to be slowing or leveling off over recent years.

According to a U.S. study from the University of Rochester, the majority of children living in apartments were exposed to smoke even though they did not live with smokers. The cigarette smoke from other tenants came through the walls and venting system in the form of secondhand smoke.

The Food and Drug Administration has been given the authority to regulate tobacco sales in the United States, especially among our vulnerable young. Now, we need to make sure this law is enforced so future generations do not die prematurely due to smoking-related diseases and cancers.