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Only one in ten young people smokes

Only one in ten young people in Ireland is now a smoker. Recent data from the Health Behaviour in Sc...
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12:31 PM - 1 Jul 2014



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Only one in ten young people smokes

TodayFM
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12:31 PM - 1 Jul 2014



Only one in ten young people in Ireland is now a smoker.

Recent data from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children report found that between 1998 and 2010, the number of young smokers almost halved to 11.9 percent.

There's also been a sizeable drop in the number of young people who've tried smoking - with less than half of 15 to 17 year olds having tried smoking in 2010, compared to 62 percent in 2002.

Hundreds of young people are gathering in Dublin today for the Irish Cancer Society's X-Hale film festival.

12 year old Sophie Beaton and Cara Doherty, who's 13 are members of the Mulhuddart Youth Service.

Juliette Gash began by asking Sophie if she knew many smokers her age;



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