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by Ancapistani 741 days ago
> while cigarettes do still exist, they're now considered socially unacceptable for students to use by all involved parties, and the percentage of students using them is negligible.

Cigarettes have been almost entirely replaced by vapor products, which are arguably more popular than cigarettes have been in decades.

The bans weren’t effective; by the time they were in place, an new generation of products had already arisen and replaced the targets of those bans. Meanwhile, vapes are banned as well, but are ubiquitous.