Why Are Rates of Cigarette Smoking Lower Among Adolescents in the United

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Multiple Choice

Why are rates of cigarette smoking lower among adolescents in the United States and Canada as compared to those in Europe?

• A)Adolescents in the United States and Canada are more intelligent than European adolescents.
• B)It is not illegal to sell tobacco products to European adolescents.
• C)The U.S.and Canadian governments have waged large-scale public health campaigns against smoking.
• D)Parents in the United States and Canada are less likely to smoke.

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