According to a recent survey, teen smoking has seen a huge drop since 2000. Nearly 40 percent fewer teens are lighting up in Indiana.
It is said by the Indiana Youth Tobacco Survey that 18.3 percent of high school students in the state smoked last year. This was 31.6 percent fewer smokers than at the start of the decade. There was even a larger drop among middle school students, going from 9.8 percent in 2000 to 4.1 percent in 2008. Furthermore, it has been found that only 10 percent of teen smokers have an established habit.
Karla Sneegas, from the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation agency, says that this means that very few teens are becoming regular smokers, which is a huge step forward.
This is the most important age group to focus on, there is no point in dogging on smokers who already have an established habit, instead the younger generation should be focused on.
[Via: chicagotribune.com]
