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Smoking rate among New York City teens was lowest on record in 2007

New data from the 2007 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicate that cigarette smoking among NYC teens declined by 20 percent between 2005 and 2007. The city's teen smoking rate has dropped by more than half over the past six years, from 17.6 percent in 2001 to 8.5 percent in 2007.

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