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'I think that's gross:' People react to study that finds young people may not use deodorant

A poll finds 4 in 10 millennials and Generation Z-ers aren't using it.

MACON, Ga. — A post we put up on Facebook Wednesday morning has been shared dozens of times, and the content may surprise you.

Pop star Justin Bieber is coming out with a new deodorant to try to entice young people to use deodorant. A poll finds 4 in 10 millennials and Generation Z-ers aren't using it.

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The information comes from a website called YouGov Plan and Track Data.

Delores Sweat Langford says she might have run into some of them at the grocery store and the smell was unbearable.

Aubrey Renee says the armpits rarely see the stuff in their house.

We asked folks around town what they thought, and Chase Stone chuckled.

"Yeah, I believe in deodorant," he said.

Isabelle Sharon says her daily routine includes it. "I take a shower and then I put on deodorant," she said.

So the folks that we talked to, as you can imagine, said they use deodorant, but we talked to a couple of people who said they have friends that don't use the stuff.

"I played against a baseball coach that didn't wear none," Stone admitted.

Jessica Rynes isn't a millennial, but she's heard of the trend. "I've heard a lot of people don't wear deodorant anymore --. I don't know if it's something in the chemicals -- and I've heard people would wear men's deodorant over women's because men's is better," Rynes said.

Darlene Briales isn't amused by the whole thing. "Oh, I think that's gross. I think that's really bad, and the thing is they're going to be teaching their children, so it's something that will just continue. No, I don't like that," she said.

It's a simple chore that might make the world just a little more pleasantly fragrant.

"I don't want to be around people that stink," Rynes said.  "Wear deodorant!"

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