Girls, 12, smoke and drink alcohol
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SMOKING and drinking among 12-year-old girls is on the rise, a large-scale survey of New South Wales high schools has revealed. Overall, drug use among the student population is falling, which
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Parents who forbid their daughters to date older boys may be on the right track. A study published on Thursday finds that teenage girls who associate with older boys are more likely to smoke, drink and use drugs.
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High school students are more likely to smoke, drink and use marijuana when they get their driver&#39;s license because they get more opportunities to be free of adult supervision
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On Wednesday, girls across Sweden  took part in an age-old celebration of light. They donned white  robes tied with red sashes, settled crowns of candles on their  heads, and served their families coffee.
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Girls with boyfriends two or more years older are more than twice as likely to drink, according to a new national survey.
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Teen binge-drinkers are more likely to use drugs, become alcoholics and have criminal convictions, research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Teenage girls who start dieting are nearly two times more likely to also take up smoking regularly, compared with teenage girls who are not dieting. Among teenage boys, it is the inactive dieters -- those that tried dieting but didn't stick to it -- that are at risk for taking up smoking.
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Nearly half of disadvantaged youngsters started drinking before the age of 13, a survey finds.
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Sweet alcoholic drinks aggressively marketed to young people are anything but "cool and fashionable" and are luring troubling numbers of teens &#151; especially girls &#151; to engage in underage drinking, the American Medical Association said Thursday.
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A persistent hardcore of pre-teen drinkers are consuming more alcohol than ever before, according to government figures.
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A 10-year-old was treated last year for alcohol-related illness at a Northern Ireland hospital, it has emerged.
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A national study released Thursday showed that teenagers whose friends were sexually active were more likely to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs.
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Although fewer teens are drinking alcohol, those who do drink are consuming more than ever, a national survey reveals.
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Children as young as 12 buy alcohol by ordering it over the phone with takeaways, a government adviser says.
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Danish youngsters get drunk most,  their Czech peers like to smoke cannabis, the Irish are more  prone to binge-drinking and young Turks are the cleanest-living  in Europe, according to a new survey.
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Teenage girls in Britain are binge drinking more than boys, turning the tables on a traditionally male practice, a study has shown.
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Children exposed to passive smoking are likely to do worse at school than their peers, research suggests.