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Test your knowledge about youth smoking in Connecticut.
February 2002

1. How many high school students in Connecticut currently smoke cigarettes?

a) One in four
b) One in ten
c) One in twenty
d) One in thirty

2. Are White high school students more or less likely than Black students to smoke cigarettes?

a) Equally likely
b) Five times more likely
c) Less Likely
d) Twice as likely

3. An estimated 21,600 middle and high school students in Connecticut smoked their first whole cigarette before what age?

a) 17
b) 8
c) 11
d) 15

4. How many middle and high school students reported smoking on school property?

a) 10,000
b) 27,800
c) 15,000
d) Less than 5,000

5. Current middle and high school smokers are how much more likely than never smokers to live with someone who currently smokes?

a) More than 5 times as likely
b) 10 times as likely
c) Almost twice as likely
d) No difference

Data from the Connecticut Youth Tobacco Survey, Connecticut Department of Public Health, April 2001.

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