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Smoking rising among teenagers 

Jump to full article: Times of Malta (mt), 2009-10-20

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The number of adult smokers is dropping but more teenagers are picking up the habit, according to surveys.

The rate of 15-year-old smokers increased by four per cent between 2002 and 2006 to reach 42.8 percent according to the EU health school survey.

The number of adult smokers declined from 23.3 percent in 2002 to 20.3 percent in 2008.

Speaking during the local launching of the EU's Help Campaign - For a Life Without Tobacco, Health Promotion Director Charmaine Gauci said that 103 men and 23 women died in 2007 as a result of lung cancer.

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