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E-cigs surpass smoked tobacco in U.S. teens; marijuana use among ‘highest’ worldwide


 

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“Over all, this is good news,” said Dr. Volkow.

Monitoring the Future is unusual in that the data, gathered from nearly 42,000 U.S. students at 377 public and private schools across the country, are reported in the same year they are gathered.

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