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C. Tracy Orleans, PhD

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative

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Adult smoking prevalence in the United States has fallen dramatically over the past 30 years. However, the decline appears to have stalled; rates of cigarette smoking among adults aged 18 years and older have remained flat at 20.9% in 2004 and 2005, and 21% for the first 9 months of 2006, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Even more alarming, rates of current smoking among high school seniors rose from 26.2% in 2003 to 27.6% in 2005. In addition, smoking rates among young adults aged 18 to 24 years—which remain the highest rates for . . . [Full Text]