Who smokes and why? What method of quitting smoking seems relatively successful?
What will be an ideal response?
* Despite warnings, about one in five (20 percent) U.S. adults smoke.
* The rate of decline is greater for men than women and for the well-educated compared to the less-educated.
* About ninety percent of smokers began before the age of 18.
* The majority of first-time smokers are between 11 and 13.
* About ninety percent of ex-smokers quit on their own.
* Availability of phone counselors, group or individual counseling, multiple contacts with clinicians, and treatments focused on stress management can increase the probability of quitting smoking.
* Nicotine gum and patches increase cessation rates.
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What will be an ideal response?
From the later months of age 2 and into the mid-3s, the number of ways children combine words and phrases to form sentences _______ each month
a) triples b) doubles c) climbs at a steady pace d) quadruples