Teen Smoking Rates Plateau

Between 1997 and 2003, the country saw teen smoking rates plunge steadily, according to a story in the Washington Post. But as the Post recently reported, those numbers have plateaued between 2003 and 2007, suggesting anti-smoking advocates are not making any more inroads. One in five teens still smokes, according to Terry Pechacek of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, which released the new data: Pechacek blamed the trend in part on cuts on anti-smoking campa

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