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Cigarette Use Among U.S. High School Students

ever tried cigarette smoking , even one or two puffs), (2) current cigarette use (i ...
1 One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of current cigarette use among high school students to 16% (objective no ...
The national YRBS, a component of CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, used independent three-stage cluster samples for the 1991-2003 surveys to obtain cross-sectional data representative of public and private school students in grades 9-12 ...
Data were weighted to provide national estimates, and SUDAAN was used for all data analyses ...
smoked cigarettes on 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey), and (3) current frequent cigarette use (i ...

See New FDA Ads About Cigarette Sales

In addition, the ads will run in 11 other markets including Bridgeport, Connecticut; Lafayette, Louisiana; San Antonio, Texas; Springfield, Missouri; Rockford, Illinois; Rochester, New York; Roanoke, Virginia; Lawton, Oklahoma; Augusta, Maine; Washington , DC, and Macon, Georgia ...
To date, more than 100,000 compliance checks have been completed by teams of state or local officials and young people ...
Studies show that the best way to keep retailers from selling tobacco products to minors is through a combination of compliance activities and public education campaigns that target both retailers and consumers ...

Study: Most States Get Short End of Landmark Tobacco Agreement

Rather, the MSA allocates percentage shares, which are purportedly based on each state's smoking population, related health care costs and other considerations ...
The deal was structured so that smokers would have to pay this wrote Bulow ...
T-tests were used to examine differences in current cigarette use in 2003 by sex, race/ethnicity, and grade ...
During 1991-2003, sample sizes ranged from 10,904 to 16,296, school response rates ranged from 70% to 81%, student response rates ranged from 83% to 90%, and overall response rates ranged from 60% to 70 ...
The national YRBS, a component of CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, used independent three-stage cluster samples for the 1991-2003 surveys to obtain cross-sectional data representative of public and private school students in grades 9-12 ...

Increase in Cig Taxes May Lower Bond Returns

New York City's cigarette sales tumbled last month, when the local tax rose to $1 ...
states, counties and cities, and Guam, Puerto Rico and Washington , have sold a total of about $10 billion in tobacco bonds ...
Rather than take their share in annual installments, some municipalities have sold bonds that will be paid off by the settlement ...

The War Over Cigar Labels Heats Up

CrossRef | ISI | MEDLINE Cigarette use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States ...
DRI-Wefa performs cigarette consumption forecasts for bond underwriters ...
Public-health groups are pointing to a sharp rise in teenage cigar smoking at the same time the industry has increased its advertising ...
Bulow says the settlement is really a national tax in disguise _ and one that results in many states receiving less than their fair share ...

Why Do U Subsidize the Tobacco Industry?

Source: Federation of Tax Administrator Eddystone, Pennsylvania, -- U ...
Miss Kaptur said she has received more than 100 letters on the matter ...
Many people concerned about smoking may be surprised to learn that they and their taxes not only help to subsidize the tobacco industry, but actually help it to run major deceptive ad campaigns ...
New York City's cigarette sales tumbled last month, when the local tax rose to $1 ...

States Lose Taxes From Web Cigarette Sales

Perhaps the same principle should apply to forcing nonsmokers to subsidize tobacco advertising ...
They might want a relatively relaxed federal law to preempt states from acting ...

Highlights Serious Flaw in Tobacco Deal

Following are excerpts from the Washington Post report on the memorandum: The Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co ...
For current cigarette use, temporal changes and subgroup differences in 2003 were analyzed by sex, race/ethnicity, and grade ...
For the first time, FDA will run statewide ads throughout the year in Colorado, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Nevada ...
California and Massachusetts have both enacted laws requiring warning labels on cigars ...

Highlights Advantages of State Lawsuits Over Flawed Global Deal

smokers will consume fewer cigarettes because of per-pack tax increases in 18 states and New York City, according to a forecast by DRI-Wefa Inc ...
leveling off or change in direction) in addition to an overall increase or decrease over time ...
The report recommends shifting primary enforcement of the law from the Federal Bureau of Investigations to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, in part because of the FBI's heightened focus on terrorism ...
In Illinois, the state boosted cigarette taxes by 40 cents to a total of 98 cents a pack ...
Moreover, the companies agreed, in writing, to assist Florida in enacting new laws designed to keep children from smoking ...

Seeks Protection From Congress

No surprise that tobacco spent more than $ 10 million trying to influence the 1996 election ...
Miss Kaptur said she has received more than 100 letters on the matter ...
As part of the landmark 1998 accord, major tobacco companies agreed to make about $206 billion in annual payments over more than two decades ...
And proposed penalties for failure to cut teen smoking , though innovative, remain wimpy ...
1 To examine changes in cigarette use among high school students in the United States during 1991-2003, CDC analyzed data from ...