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Rate at record low, state survey says
Jump to full article: Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette, 2009-07-10
Author: Michael Schroeder The Journal Gazette
Intro: "I just don't want to get addicted and suffer when I'm old," Pacheco said. The Northrop High School student was one of a record majority of Indiana youths who - responding to a survey last year - said they didn't smoke.
According to the report released Thursday by Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, youth smoking rates in the state have dropped to the lowest levels on record.
The organization's executive director and a local health official said the main reasons for the decline were ordinances in the state banning smoking in public places, including Fort Wayne's comprehensive smoking ban; higher cigarette prices brought on by a 2007 state cigarette tax increase; and education.
Smoking rates among high school students dropped from 23.2 percent in 2006 to 18.3 percent in 2008, a decline of 21 percent. The totals come from a survey of about 3,700 students in the state.
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