Smoking and Drinking Rates at a Low- Hannah Ranalli

Hi friends!

I read an article today called Smoking and Drinking Rates Among U.S. Teens Fall to New Lows. It basically stated that the amount of adolescents (age 12-17) reporting to have consumed alcohol has decreased from 17.6% in 2002 to 9.6% in 2015. It also discusses the decrease in smoking and use of drugs among this age group. Although I found it very interesting and encouraging, I decided to post it here because it lacked much statistical evidence to back up these claims and I thought it would be interesting to look more into the validation process.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/science/smoking-and-drinking-rates-among-us-teenagers-fall-to-new-lows.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront