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Article: New Research on Young Women and Smoking: Two-Thirds Want to Quit, but Only Three Percent Succeed; Research Supports Launch of New Partnership Between American Legacy Foundation's Circle of Friends and mark. the new beauty business for young women from Avon - First Major Corporate Initiative to Dedicate Significant Resources to Confront Youth Smoking and Related Health Risks to Young Women.
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- July 16, 2003
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WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In new data that point toward the power of tobacco's addictiveness, findings released today by the American Legacy Foundation show that 65% of young women smokers aged 16 to 24 want to quit smoking, but only 3% succeeded in quitting for at least a year. The data show that 83% of young women smokers believe they can quit smoking, and that 60% tried to quit at least once in 2002.
The research sheds new light on the lack of smoking cessation programs designed for young people who want to quit. The data comes from two landmark, nationally-representative surveys conducted by the American Legacy Foundation: the Legacy Media Tracking ...