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College students continue to take up smoking  

An "unacceptably high" number of college students -- roughly one in five in 2006 -- continues to smoke cigarettes, according to an American Lung Association report released Monday. The association says aggressive tobacco industry marketing on college campuses is largely to blame.

To gauge the current status of tobacco use and policies on college and university campuses, the American Lung Association analyzed published research, surveys and tobacco industry documents. Their findings are compiled in a report, "Big Tobacco on Campus: Ending the Addiction."

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