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She said that while Colorados smoking-prevalence rate of 12% is slightly lower than the national average of 14% as of 2020, in some areas of the state its as high as 25% among adults

Because rural residency is associated with higher smoking prevalence estimates among US adults 4 , it may also be a risk factor among the adolescent population

More than half a century after the causes of the epidemic of lung cancer and emphysema became known through epidemiologic studies, the tobacco industry, like the water companies of Snows London, insisted that their product was not to blame

The dynamic model results here further underscore that the behavior of popular peers may strongly influence the community norms and subsequent behaviors of other adolescents. The probability of becoming a smoker in 10th grade increased by 67% for those named as friends by many people in the school compared to those named by a few