November 27, 1998

Study Finds a Sharp Rise in Smoking by Students

By KARLA HAWORTH

The smoking rate among students at four-year colleges rose 28 per cent from 1993 to 1997, spurred in part by an increase in adolescent smoking in the early 1990s, according to a study released last week.

The study, published in the November 18 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, is part of the Harvard School of Public Health's College Alcohol Study. The project tracks drinking, smoking, and other high-risk

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