Teenage smokers.

• Position: GRAPH: NATIONAL

With all the publicity about smoking's dangers, most American teens could probably list many of the health risks associated with smoking--yet every day, 4,000 teens in the U.S. light up for the first time. The government has added warning labels to cigarette packs and banned tobacco ads on TV to try to prevent this. Soon, packs will carry graphic images of smoking's effects. Health officials hope the images will sharpen the downward trends seen on the graph.

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ANALYZE THE GRAPH

(1) Of the high school. students who said in 2009 that they had ever smoked, about -- of them had smoked in the past month.

a 19 percent

b 31 percent

c 42 percent

d 62 percent

(2) What's the approximate difference, in percentage points, between the highest and lowest proportion shown for high school. students who had ever smoked?

a 20

b 25

c 30

d 35

(3) The year that had the greatest difference between those who had ever smoked versus those who had smoked in the past month was --.

a 1991

b 1993

c 2003

d 2007

(4) Since 2003, the proportion of students who said they had ever smoked has dropped by about 4 percentage points every two years. At this rate, the figure would fall to about 30 percent by

a 2011

b 2013

c 2015

d 2017

(5) Which trend is seen on this graph?

a The percentage of teens who'd ever smoked was fairly steady in the 1990s.

b Teen smoking is on the rise.

c Most teens have smoked in the Last month.

d Young smokers mirror adult smokers.

(1) [c] 42...