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Smoking by youths drops as taxes rise

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  May 18, 2012

Fewer American teenagers and young adults are lighting up as cigarette taxes have broken the $3-a-pack threshold in some states, making smoking too costly, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

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