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Flavored Little Cigar/Cigarette Use Among U.S. Middle and High School Students

Tuesday, Nov 05, 2013

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Tobacco Free Nebraska

URL:
http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(13)00415-1/abstract

Summary:
More than two out of every five middle and high school students who smoke use either flavored little cigars or flavored cigarettes, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The article, using data from the 2011 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), is the first to measure how many American youth are using flavored little cigars and flavored cigarettes.

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