MTF survey finds significant smoking declines among 8th, 10th and 12th grade students in US

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Bill Godshall

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Monitoring the Future, an annual survey of US youth tobacco use was released today
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/11cigpr.pdf
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The most important public health finding is that rates of daily and frequent daily smoking, which pose the greatest health risks, declined significantly for 8th, 10th and 12th graders (from 2010 to 2011).
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/data/11data/pr11cig1.pdf

Past month smoking rates also declined for 8th, 10th and 12th graders.

 
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