In 2005, three quarters of new smokeless tobacco users were male, and more than half were under age 18 when they first tried it.
3% of middle school students and 6% of high school students use smokeless tobacco.
As late as 1999, tobacco companies placed in-store advertising signage at a child’s eye level.
In just one year, cigarettes leave about 12,000 kids motherless. That's 33 mothers a day.
Every day, about 3,900 youth ages 12 to 17 try a cigarette for the first time.
1 out of 3 smokers begin smoking before the age of 14.
The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (80% before age 18, 90% before age 20).
32% of White middle school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
46% of White high school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
35% of Hispanic high school students who smoke use light cigarettes.
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