More Than One-Fifth of High School Students Smoke: CDC [Consumer.Healthday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 11/17/144:00 AM

More than a fifth of American teens smoke or use tobacco in some way, which means that millions of them are putting themselves at risk for early death, a federal government study warns.

Nearly 23 percent of high school students use tobacco products, and more than 90 percent of those teens smoke cigarettes, cigars, hookahs or pipes, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Nine out of ten smokers tried their first cigarette by age 18," Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, said in an agency news release. "We must do more to prevent our youth from using tobacco products, or we will see millions of them suffer and die prematurely as adults."

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Steven DahlMember

The legalization of marijuana where I live - Washington State - will have adverse health impacts. This is a complex topic for a number of reasons - but it appears we've placed the equivalent of a population-based trip wire out there for youth to "discover" early (reward) and often (risk). Sadly, if you asked many of the high school students I know if they "smoke tobacco?" their response would be, "No, I don't smoke tobacco. I use marijuana instead."

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