Tobacco Use Among Oklahoma Teens Is Down

Fewer Oklahoma teens are lighting up these days. <br/><br/>The city and state health departments say that between 1999 and 2005, tobacco use rates dropped 41-percent among Tulsa County high school students,

Thursday, August 10th 2006, 3:47 pm

By: News On 6

Fewer Oklahoma teens are lighting up these days.

The city and state health departments say that between 1999 and 2005, tobacco use rates dropped 41-percent among Tulsa County high school students, 52-percent for middle school students.

The numbers are also down statewide.

During that same period of time, teen tobacco use dropped by 21-percent for high school students and by 28-percent for middle school students across Oklahoma.