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However, trends of various measures of youth cigarette smoking from the last 15 years indicate that youth smoking rates tend to fluctuate considerably more than adult rates, and that it is likely that this recent decline will flatten out, or even turn upward again

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and media campaigns to increase awareness about the dangers of exposure to second-hand smoke, change population attitudes about tobacco use, and expose the marketing tactics of the tobacco industry

It has been observed that the magnitude of tobacco use has increase drastically over the years, capturing every geographic location be it in urban, sub-urban or rural areas

These chemicals damage our DNA, including parts of our DNA that protect us against cancer