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Targeting teens to butt out
Posted: 03.09.2012 at 5:20 AM Updated: 03.09.2012 at 1:20 PM
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The number of teens and young adults who smoke should be considered an epidemic according to a new government report.

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Surgeon General Dr.Regina Benjamin released an extensive report on tobacco use. It found nearly 3.6 million kids smoke cigarettes in the country, with 38-hundred kids picking up the habit every day. Does the number of teens and young adults who smoke surprise you?

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