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Article: NEW YORK SHOULD INVEST IN REDUCING TEEN SMOKING.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 14, 1999
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Byline: RUSSELL SCIANDRA Director Center for a Tobacco Free New York Albany
Florida has just announced the largest decline in teenage smoking seen in the United States since 1980. Even more remarkable, this decline occurred in the teeth of a rapid nationwide increase in teen tobacco use that has been going on for the past several years.
What is Florida's secret? Simple: It spends money to attack the problem. In 1998, the state spent $70 million from its settlement with the tobacco industry to conduct a comprehensive campaign against teen smoking. Last year, New York, with about 3 million more in population than Florida, spent less than one-tenth as much ...