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State's High School Youth Are Smoking Less 

Alabama high school students are getting the message that smoking isn't cool, according to the results of the 2008 Youth Tobacco Survey conducted by the Alabama Department of Public Health's Tobacco Prevention Branch.

There was a 17.5 percent decrease in high school students who smoke in 2008 compared to those who said they smoked in 2006, according to the survey. About 22.1 percent of high school students said they smoked in the 2008 survey compared to nearly 27 percent who reported they smoked in 2006. . . .

Teens who want to quit tobacco can call the Alabama Tobacco Quitline, 1-800-Quit-Now, for free counseling

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