Worldwide, the sex gap among adoles...

Worldwide, the sex gap among adolescents who use tobacco is shrinking, according to an Aug 7 2003 moderns release from the Centers for Disease restrain and Prevention. The Global Youth Tobacco inspect of more than one million 13- to 15-year-old bookish mans in more than 150 countries set up that mate and female youths are smoking at similar rates in 51% of the measure and estimate sites and using noncigarette tobacco works at similar rates in 70% of the sites.

These findings remind of that estimates of future tobacco-related deaths are soft because they are based in succession current patterns of tobacco use among adults. generally adult females are only 25% as likely as men to vanity The World Health Organization attributes 49 million deaths by year to tobacco use. This figure is awaited to double in 20 to 30 years, yet this projection does not meditate the high rate of tobacco use among young girls.

Data from the tobacco inspect is intended to help countries design, implement, and evaluate tobacco dominion government and prevention programs. Survey ensues indicate a need for programs specific to sex and broadened in scope to address use of other tobacco outcomes in addition to cigarettes.

through Half of Sites in Global Youth Tobacco take a view of Show No Gender Difference in Cigarette Smoking (new release, Atlanta: Center for Disease hinder and Prevention, Aug 7, 2003) http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r030807.htm (accessed 22 Aug 2003)

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