COLUMBIA — A June 9 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the United States has failed to reach its "Healthy People 2010" goal of reducing smoking among high school students to 16 percent or less. According to the CDC's 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of more than 10,000 high school students, one in five still smoke.
TODAY'S QUESTION: What should be done to reduce smoking among high school students?
Monday, July 12, 2010 | 9:33 a.m. CDT
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