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Half of Young Cigarette Smokers Also Smoke Pot: Survey

(4/24/2012)

By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
MSN
April 18, 2012

More young cigarette smokers may also be lighting up joints than was previously thought. In a new survey of young adults aged 18 to 25, more than half said they also use marijuana. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), say that’s a big increase from the 35 percent of young adults that, in prior research, had admitted to using both marijuana and tobacco within the past month.

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