Sentences with phrase «youth smoking rates»

«In the late 1990s and early 2000s, youth smoking rates dropped in the U.S. at least partly in response to rising cigarette prices,» said Krauss.

The financial cost to small retailers, it was argued, was too much to justify a measure that had very little impact on youth smoking rates when it was introduced in Iceland and Canada.

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Among youth — who use e-cigarettes at higher rates than adults do — there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use increases the risk of transitioning to smoking conventional cigarettes.

If smoking continues at the current rate among U.S. youth, one in every 13 person younger than 18 is projected to die prematurely of a smoking - related illness.

Tobacco taxes are a proven method of reducing smoking rates, especially among youth, and associated health care costs.

And finally, Sony Pictures Entertainment strongly supports the continued use of a smoking descriptor in a youth - rated film's MPAA rating so that consumers can make an informed choice when deciding whether a film is appropriate.

While the US has reduced youth cigarette smoking rates to record lows, efforts to reduce overall youth tobacco use have been undermined by the popularity of e-cigarettes and cigars, which are marketed in a wide array of sweet flavors that attract kids.

Our issue was the rising smoking rates of youth targeted by Big Tobacco marketing tactics.

We hypothesized that higher levels of sensation seeking would be related to smoking onset directly but also indirectly through a loosening of parental R - rated movie restrictions, presumably because sensation - seeking youths sway their parents» rules.

Therefore, parental enforcement of R - rated movie restrictions should limit movie smoking exposure to youths < 17 years of age.