Nearly 30% of middle and high school boys and nearly 18% of girls used some form of tobacco last year, the federal government said in a report published Thursday. Over the last decade, there has been a slow decline in tobacco use among middle and high school students, the report from the Centers for Disease [...]
Study: Children Living in Housing Communities More Likely to Smoke
July 11, 2012 | Posted by
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Today, nearly 4,000 adolescents in the United States will smoke their first cigarette, and about a fourth of those youth will become daily smokers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports. A recent study by a University of Missouri researcher found that African-American youths who live in public housing communities [...]
New Book Details Barack Obama’s Marijuana-smoking ‘Interceptions’
May 25, 2012 | Posted by
As a young man growing up in Hawaii, President Obama frequently smoked marijuana with a group of friends dubbed the “Choom Gang,” according to a new book about Mr. Obama’s life. The book by David Maraniss of The Washington Post, is not due out until next month. But large portions of it were available briefly [...]
