What's The Rate Of Smoking In The 13- To 15-Year-Old Crowd?
A lot of them smoke, though percentages vary widely from country to country for various reasons. When cigarettes sell for 10 cents each, that's definitely a boost for smoking.
It's a public health problem that spans the globe.
It kills close to 6 million people a year.
Teenagers are at risk.
It's not the latest epidemic or chronic disease.
It's the cigarette.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control looks at rates of smoking among 13- to 15-year-olds (most smokers start in adolescence) and how they feel about it, with a nod to the kinds of measures that work to cut rates of teen smoking.
Worldwide, about 10 percent of the youngest
