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.
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