Tag: smoking

Teen survey shows drops in meth use, smoking

Dec 15, 2009

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mwkruse

in Crime, Demography, Health and Medicine, Sociology, Trends: Social

Reuters: Teen survey shows drops in meth use, smoking WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Methamphetamine use and smoking among U.S. teens has dropped significantly in recent years, but declines in marijuana use have stalled, according to an annual government survey released on Monday. Only 1.2 percent of high school seniors say they used meth, as it is…
Giving Globally: Health

Oct 8, 2008

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mwkruse

in Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Poverty, Public Policy

Newsweek: Giving Globally – Health: The Way to Save Millions of Lives is to Prevent Smoking Every day around the world, tragedies occur that are entirely avoidable: siblings burying siblings, spouses burying spouses, and children burying parents—all of them dying before their time. What is the leading cause of these preventable deaths? Is it tuberculosis?…