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Cigarette Smoking Among American Teens Continues Gradual Decline »

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Smoking rates among American teens continue to decline, with the proportion who are current smokers in 2004 down from recent peak levels in the mid-1990s by one-half among the nation's 8th and 10th graders and by a third among 12th graders.

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tchef
Feb. 11, 2007, 3:08 p.m.
I just can't understand why anyone starts smoking anymore.
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ejm604
Feb. 11, 2007, 9:53 p.m.
Personal choice. It's all about freedom to choose.
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Watchemoket
Feb. 11, 2007, 11:32 p.m.
Excellent. Very good news. I just wish the decline would move more quickly. With the proven health hazards attributable to cigarette smoking - first-hand and second-hand smoke dangers - it boggles my mind that tobacco is not as regulated as marijuana. Which one does more total damage?
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vidman04
Feb. 12, 2007, 10:33 a.m.
As someone who has smoked for the past 25 years and is in week 2 of quitting, I wish I had never started. I started as a result of peer pressure and continued to smoke long after the ones that had gotten me started quit. It's very addicting and I would tell young people to resist the pressure and never start. Week 2, doing well.