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Article: NYC teen smoking rate drops 20 percent
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- January 22, 2008
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Chris James
University Wire
01-22-2008
(Washington Square News) (UWIRE) NEW YORK -- Cigarette smoking among city teens has declined 20 percent over the past two years according to data from the New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey released by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other city officials earlier this month.
According to a statement released by the mayor's office, the city's teen smoking rate has been cut in half over the past six years -- from 17.6 percent in 2001 to 8.5 percent in 2007.
A study conducted by the American Journal of Public Health last September reported that in the year following the enactment of the indoor smoking ban in 2003, there were 3,813 fewer hospital ...
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