s

Dear Editor:

With the coming of the New Year, many of us made promises to ourselves to stop smoking. With conviction and will power, some of us will overcome an addiction to one of the world's most addictive drugs. Yet as nearly every adult smoker finds themselves at some point wanting to stop, and nearly every parent (smoker or otherwise) hopes their children do not develop the habit, our region has developed a youth smoking rate that is double the average.

s

Dear Editor:

With the coming of the New Year, many of us made promises to ourselves to stop smoking. With conviction and will power, some of us will overcome an addiction to one of the world's most addictive drugs. Yet as nearly every adult smoker finds themselves at some point wanting to stop, and nearly every parent (smoker or otherwise) hopes their children do not develop the habit, our region has developed a youth smoking rate that is double the average.

s

Dear Editor:

With the coming of the New Year, many of us made promises to ourselves to stop smoking. With conviction and will power, some of us will overcome an addiction to one of the world's most addictive drugs. Yet as nearly every adult smoker finds themselves at some point wanting to stop, and nearly every parent (smoker or otherwise) hopes their children do not develop the habit, our region has developed a youth smoking rate that is double the average.

s

Dear Editor:

With the coming of the New Year, many of us made promises to ourselves to stop smoking. With conviction and will power, some of us will overcome an addiction to one of the world's most addictive drugs. Yet as nearly every adult smoker finds themselves at some point wanting to stop, and nearly every parent (smoker or otherwise) hopes their children do not develop the habit, our region has developed a youth smoking rate that is double the average.

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor: