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• College Students Continue To Use Tobacco  

According to an American Lung Association report released on Monday, roughly one in five college students in 2006 took up or continued to smoke cigarettes. The group is blaming aggressive tobacco industry marketing.

The report, "Big Tobacco on Campus: Ending the Addiction," was compiled from published research, surveys, and tobacco industry documents.

The American Lung Association reports says that in 2005 the tobacco industry spent over $1 million a day targeting college students.� In a recent survey, students at 109 of 119 surveyed colleges reported seeing tobacco promotions on campus.

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