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Rural youth engage in risky behavior

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 29th, 2004

Rural youth are nearly four times as likely to smoke cigarettes frequently and more likely to drink alcoholic beverages and ride in a car with a driver who has been drinking than their urban counterparts, according to University of California researchers.

These unhealthy behaviors are revealed in "California's Rural Youth," a new report on the health and well-being of adolescents ages 12-17 in rural California by the 4-H Center for Youth Development at UC Davis.

"The higher rates of smoking among rural youth are of great concern," said lead author Katherine Heck, UC 4-H Youth Development associate specialist. "In the future, many of these young...

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