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Adolescent Health
Girls in U.K. twice as likely as boys to smoke
October 17th, 2004
The number of U.K. teenagers smoking remains worryingly high, with girls twice as likely as boys to take it up, according to Economic and Social Research Council-sponsored research tracking the habits of a large group of youngsters over the past 6 years. Research led by Mark Conner, of the School of Psychology, University of Leeds, involved questionnaires for all the group and breath or saliva tests for some. The researchers' report shows that targeting young people ages 11-14 is not enough to deter them from taking up smoking a couple of years later. The new work built on a study begun in 1998, which involved seven visits to more...
Source: Disease Risk Factor Week (2004-10-17)
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