Jump to full article: Marianas Variety (mp), 2008-04-01
Author: Raquel C. Bagnol Variety News Staff
Intro: THE trend of tobacco use among high school and middle school students in the CNMI went down from 2001 to 2007. This was based on the results of the youth risk behavior survey conducted by the Public School System every other year.
From a 79.4 percent result in the survey for middle school students who have ever tried cigarette smoking even one or two puffs in 2001, the figure dropped to 68.6 percent in 2003, 58.5 in 2005 and finally to 56.6 percent last year.
The statistics for the high school students reported an 87.9 percent in 2003 dropped to 82.7 percent in 2005 and finally to 78.1 percent in 2007.
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