Smoking, drinking rates among U.S. teens fall to new lows
The numbers came from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a federal agency that tracks addiction and mental health issues in the U.S. The annual survey is nationally representative, and questions about 67,000 Americans.
Kana Enomoto, principal deputy administrator at the agency, said the new numbers showed that rigorous public health efforts to reduce smoking and drinking among teens were paying off.