Health and Fitness

Youth Tobacco Smoking Rates Putting Millions at Risk of Premature Death

More than 1 in 5 high school students use a tobacco product; 90 percent are tobacco smokers

More than 1 in 5 High School Students currently uses tobacco

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. Almost 23 percent of high school students currently use a tobacco product, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Of particular concern, more than 90 percent of those using a tobacco product are using combustible tobacco products such as cigarettes,…

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