PEDIATRICS Vol. 83 No. 4 April 1989, pp. A66
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CHILDREN CONTINUE TO SMOKE

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Children, especially girls, are smoking at younger ages. Smoking among high school seniors, which had been declining for years, leveled off from 1980 through 1987. One-quarter of high school seniors who have ever smoked had their first cigarette by the sixth grade, and half by the eighth grade. There is a growing consensus that smoking prevention education needs to begin in elementary school.