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Article: Where risky behaviors begin. (News Scan).(University of Pennsylvania Institute for Adolescent Risk Communications research)(Brief Article)
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- Industrial Safety & Hygiene News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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One in three high school boys and girls say they have engaged in one of the following risky behaviors in the past 30 days: smoked cigarettes, used marijuana, drunk alcohol or gambled for money, according to analyses by the Institute for Adolescent Risk Communications at The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Just as with shortcuts in the workplace that can lead to injuries or worse, many teenagers believe they can get away with risky behavior. Although purchase of cigarettes, alcohol and lottery tickets by those under 18 is illegal, and purchase of marijuana by those of any age violates the law, most high-school aged youths (ages ...