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[Washington] The Confusing World of Compliance Checks: King County Retailers Caught Selling Tobacco to Kids 92 Times in 2012

But that number - collected via federally mandated compliance checks (known as Synar checks) carried out almost entirely by the Liquor Control Board - is a calculation based on checks from January to June each year, and is different from the number releas
Seattle (WA) Weekly
added Dec 21, 2012 08:39
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[Uae] TASHAKOVA: Warning: Smokers too young

In February last year, it was reported that many UAE kids had tried their first cigarette before the age of 14. The last study done in 2005 rep-orted that just 39 per cent of our kids smoked at age 13 or under, while this new research finds that 82.1 per
Khaleej Times (ae)
added Dec 21, 2012 08:35
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[New Hampshire] Tobacco sales to NH youth increased 60 percent over 2011

Tobacco sales to youth in New Hampshire increased over the past year from 7.8 percent to 13.2 percent, nearly a 60 percent jump, according to a recent state compliance check of 291 retailers across the state.
Manchester (NH) Union-Leader
added Dec 20, 2012 15:06
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Marijuana Use Rising Among High School Seniors: Report

Cigarette smoking reached its lowest level among all teens. Use of small cigars and hookah water pipes rose to nearly 20 percent of high school seniors.
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Dec 20, 2012 06:22
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Secondhand Smoke in Pregnancy Tied to Behavior Woes in Kids

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that prenatal exposure to secondhand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke, was linked to attention problems and aggression. They added that children exposed to secondhand smoke in t
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Dec 20, 2012 06:20
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[Washington] Tobacco sales to minors at highest level in the last decade

About 16 percent of tobacco retailers illegally sold to minors in 2012
Washington Dept. of Health Tobacco Program
added Dec 20, 2012 02:02
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Monitoring the Future

Since 1975 the MTF survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among adolescent students nationwide.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
added Dec 20, 2012 00:32
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Decline in teen smoking continues into 2012. (Press Release, 12/19/12) (PDF)

The 2012 national survey results from the Monitoring the Future study show a continuation of the declines in teen smoking in all three grades . . . An increase in the federal tax on tobacco products, instituted in 2009, may have contributed to this recen
Monitoring the Future
added Dec 20, 2012 00:29
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Decline in teen smoking continues into 2012.

Monitoring the Future
added Dec 20, 2012 00:26
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[Marshall Islands] Marshall Island's cracks down on underage smoking

For the first time, a majority of stores in the Marshall Islands are following the law that bans sale of tobacco products to minors under 18.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au)
added Dec 20, 2012 00:18
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