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Tobacco in Minnesota Toll of Tobacco in MN tvationwiae, youtn smoking nas declined dramatically since the mid- 1990s, but that decline appears to have slowed considerably or even stopped in recent years. The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that the percentage of high school students reporting that they have smoked cigarettes in the past month increased to 23 percent in 2005 from 21.9 percent in 2003. This increase follows a 40 percent decline between 1997, when rates peaked at 36.4 t d 2003 Th also High school students who smoke 22.4% (67,200) Youth (under 18) who become new daily smokers each year 7,500 Youth exposed to secondhand smoke at home 282,000 Packs of cigarettes bought or smoked by youth each year 13.7 million Adults in Minnesota who smoke 20.0% (780,600) percen , an a survey found that 13.6 percent of high school males use spit tobacco. U.S. adult smoking has decreased gradually in the last several decades, and 20.9 percent of U.S. adults (about 45 million) currently smoke. Deaths in Minnesota from Smoking Adults who die each year from their own smoking 5,500 Kids now under 18 and alive 118,000 in Minnesota who will ultimately die prematurely from smoking Adults, children, 8~ babies 620 to who die each year from 1,110 others' smoking (secondhand smoke ~ pregnancy smoking) _ ,;; , Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined and thousands more die from other tobacco-related causes -- such as fires caused by smoking (more than 1,000 deaths a year nationwide) and smokeless tobacco use. No good estimates are currently available, however, for the number of Minnesota citizens who die from these other tobacco- related causes, or for the much larger numbers who suffer from tobacco-related health problems each year without actually dying.