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Cigarette Use Among U.S. High School Students

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 ...
Prevention efforts must be sustained to ensure this pattern continues and the 2010 objective is achieved ...

See New FDA Ads About Cigarette Sales

Data are presented only for non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and Hispanic students because the numbers of students from other racial/ethnic groups were too small for meaningful analysis ...
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 ...
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 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia ...

Critics Say Flavored Smokes Cater to Kids

Data are presented only for non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and Hispanic students because the numbers of students from other racial/ethnic groups were too small for meaningful analysis ...
To date, more than 100,000 compliance checks have been completed by teams of state or local officials and young people at retail outlets throughout the country ...
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 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia ...

New Evidence re Smoking in Movies

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a new advertising campaign in five states and eleven media markets to help ensure greater retailer compliance with the FDA regulation that makes the sale of ...
ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs), (2) current cigarette use (i ...

Study: Most States Get Short End of Landmark Tobacco Agreement

CrossRef | ISI | MEDLINE Cigarette use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States ...
For the first time, FDA will run statewide ads throughout the year in Colorado, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Nevada ...
The FDA rule, published in August 1996, requires retailers to check for photo identification of anyone younger than age 27 who attempts to purchase cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and prohibits the sale of these items to anyone under age 18 ...

Read What the Judge Ruled, Then See The Docs Themselves

ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs), (2) current cigarette use (i ...
For each cross-sectional national survey, students completed an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire that included identically worded questions about cigarette use ...
If the survey produced adverse results, there was a danger that it could fall into the hands of the Federal Trade Commission, a congressional Committee or ``a plaintiff in pending cancer litigation,'' the document said ...
For current cigarette use, temporal changes and subgroup differences in 2003 were analyzed by sex, race/ethnicity, and grade ...

Increase in Cig Taxes May Lower Bond Returns

Tobacco retailers interested in receiving a free campaign kit should contact FDA at 888-FDA-4KIDS ...
Advocates of tobacco bonds say they permit local governments faster access to the settlement funds while shifting the risk of default to investors ...
The forecast assumed tax increases also would be enacted in California -- where the Assembly yesterday rejected a $3-per-pack tax -- and in two smaller, unidentified states this year ...
And the Cigar Association announced it will halt product placement ...

The War Over Cigar Labels Heats Up

Banzhaf said that, like soft-drink manufacturers, tobacco companies try to secure brand loyalty at a young age ...
Federal and state officials are taking aim at the rolled-up tobacco leaves, which recent research has found may have an even greater health risk than cigarettes ...
Last year, according to the American Lung Association, 38 percent of movies included a cigar scene ...

Why Do U Subsidize the Tobacco Industry?

California and Massachusetts have both enacted laws requiring warning labels on cigars ...
The California warning label, by comparison, is almost inconspicuous ...

States Lose Taxes From Web Cigarette Sales

A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study found that between 1996 and 1997, the number of cigar brands increased from 207 to 319 ...
A DRI-Wefa forecast released in January was based on expectations of fewer state tax increases, said Jim Diffley, group managing director at the Eddystone, Pennsylvania, firm ...
It's not clear where the cigar companies stand on federal legislation ...
I doubt that, in an election year, they're going to deal with this issue ...