Secondhand Smoke Hits Nearly Half Of Non-Smoking Teens
Even though fewer U.S. teens are smoking, secondhand smoke remains a big problem for them, a government study found. Nearly half of non-smoking kids encountered secondhand tobacco smoke in 2013.
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Even though fewer U.S. teens are smoking, secondhand smoke remains a big problem for them, a government study found. Nearly half of non-smoking kids encountered secondhand tobacco smoke in 2013.
Planned Parenthood is swinging behind Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, but said that won't mean negative campaigning against her primary opponents.
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