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While illegal drug use among young people has been declining, 8th-graders’ inhalant use is about the same as it was in 2000.
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Sources for Ads Make Tobacco Tempting

1 Pierce, J.P., Distefan, J.M., Jackson, C., White, M.M, and Gilpin, E.A. 2002. Does Tobacco Marketing Undermine the Influence of Recommended Parenting in Discouraging Adolescents from Smoking? American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 23(2), 73-81, last referenced 1/22/07.

2 Federal Trade Commission. 2002. Cigarette Report for 2000, last referenced 1/22/07.

3 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2006. 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, last referenced 1/22/07. (A print version of this survey was released in 2006.)

4 Center for Mental Health Services. 15+ Make Time to Listen.Take Time to Talk, last referenced 1/22/07.

5 American Cancer Society. April 12, 2002. Smoking Costs US $157 Billion Each Year, last referenced 1/22/07.

6Jackson, C., and Dickinson, D. 2003. Can Parents Who Smoke Socialise Their Children Against Smoking? Results from the Smoke-free Kids intervention trial. Tobacco Control, 12: 52-59, last referenced 1/22/07.
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