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Important Australia: Internet Promoting Teen Smoking

By admin2 | May 29, 2008

MedicalA health expert says that popular internet sites including YouTube, Facebook and MySpace are being used to promote smoking to teenagers. University of Sydney public health professor Simon Chapman welcomed new figures showing that rates of youth smoking were down, but warned the internet was becoming the new battleground for new teen smokers. Prof Chapman said smoking among young people was at its lowest rate since studies began in the 1980s. [click link for full article]
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