Suppose You Look at Medical Records Collected on Adolescents in High

question 43

Multiple Choice

Suppose you look at medical records collected on adolescents in high school in 1970 and in high school in 2007. You should expect these records to show that, compared to the number of high school students who smoke cigarettes in 2010, the number who smoked in 1970 would be:

• A) considerably higher
• B) slightly higher
• C) about the same
• D) slightly lower

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