Smoking in Grade School
“Today, nearly 3,000 young people across our country will begin smoking regularly.  Of these 3,000 young people, 1,000 will lose that gamble to the diseases caused by smoking. The net effect of this is that among children living in America today, 5 million will die an early, preventable death because of a decision made as a child.”

Donna E. Shalala, PhD
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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