Too Many Kids Smoke. Dianna Gordon.
by Gordon, Dianna; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 29Family. Publisher: State Legislatures, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Antismoking movement | Cigarette habit | Teenagers -- Tobacco useDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It is a good news/bad news scenario. The good news is that teen smoking rates have fallen, tapering off from 36.5 percent among high school seniors in 1997 to 26.7 percent in 2002, according to Michigan's Monitoring the Future Study, an annual survey of tobacco and drug use by high school students. The bad news is that more than 2,000 Americans between 12 and 17 become new cigarette customers each day with 4.5 million under 18 considered 'current smokers.' Those are the figures behind the 26.7 percent of high school seniors who smoke, in part due to peer pressure and in part to the youthful sense of invulnerability, behavioral experts say." (STATE LEGISLATURES) This article discusses the factors that contribute to teen use of cigarettes and examines some of the state programs designed to "educate adolescents about the dangers of tobacco."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Too Many Kids Smoke, March 2004; pp. 21+.
"It is a good news/bad news scenario. The good news is that teen smoking rates have fallen, tapering off from 36.5 percent among high school seniors in 1997 to 26.7 percent in 2002, according to Michigan's Monitoring the Future Study, an annual survey of tobacco and drug use by high school students. The bad news is that more than 2,000 Americans between 12 and 17 become new cigarette customers each day with 4.5 million under 18 considered 'current smokers.' Those are the figures behind the 26.7 percent of high school seniors who smoke, in part due to peer pressure and in part to the youthful sense of invulnerability, behavioral experts say." (STATE LEGISLATURES) This article discusses the factors that contribute to teen use of cigarettes and examines some of the state programs designed to "educate adolescents about the dangers of tobacco."
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