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Tobacco

  • 13% of 6th grade students in Benton County have tried cigarettes at least once
  • Over 177,000 kids are exposed to second hand smoke
  • 23.5% of adults smoke in Arkansas
  • 390 to 700 people die each year in Arkansas from someone else’s smoke
  • Being around secondhand smoke for two hours is like smoking four cigarettes
  • Kids who have parents who smoke are 3.3 times more likely to start smoking themselves.