New research from the University of Southern California and the University of Texas reveals that the most popular students are also more likely to smoke and thus suffer more lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema in adult life than the rest of his classmates, as the scientists have announced in the Journal of Adolescent Health . According to the authors, it is one of the prices of popularity that should be taken into account in public health.
For their part, researchers from the University of Montreal (Canada) found a couple of years ago that the most popular individuals in their group of friends between the ages of 10 and 15 also consume more alcohol and smoke more marijuana in order to to "maintain your status".
