1. Pregnant Women Smoking
Tobacco use among pregnant women has declined in recent years, there is still a long way to go to reach the Healthy People 2010 goals to further reduce the prevalence of smoking among pregnant women and of increasing smoking cessation during pregnancy by 30%.3 According to CDC records, in 1999 21% of all U.S. women smoked and 12.3% of women giving birth reported smoking during pregnancy. ... Evaluation of School-based Programs Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States, contributing to more than 430,000 deaths annually.1 Tobacco control programs a...
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