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More kids light up here than in any other part of New York City
Jump to full article: Community Newspaper Group (YourNabe.com), 2009-06-11
Author: Gary Buiso
Intro: More teens in Brooklyn use tobacco than in any borough, according to a federal lawmaker promoting legislation he hopes will help young lungs curb the harmful habit.
Nearly a third of all teen tobacco users citywide reside in Brooklyn, which has 25,000 teen smokers and 7,300 users of smokeless tobacco, according to Sen. Charles Schumer. Brooklyn’s teen smoking numbers represent a staggering 33 percent of teen smokers citywide, he noted.
In order to combat the problem, Schumer announced last week that he is pushing legislation that will prevent tobacco companies from targeting underage smokers with advertisements and products.
“With thousands of children in Brooklyn addicted to cigarettes and tobacco companies coming up with new, creative ways to target even more children, the time to act is now,” Schumer said in a statement to this paper.
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