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These two surveys show cigarette smoking nationwide among high school students has decreased significantly from 15.8% in 2011 to 9.2% in 2014 while drinking alcohol among high school students is currently at 34.9%

This includes setting legal age restrictions, limiting nicotine content, and enforcing clearer guidelines on marketing

Organizations concerned about public health should support FDA authorization of more products that provide safer alternatives to adults and actively encourage adults who smoke cigarettes and cannot or will not otherwise quit to instead use these safer products

We see this as an early model for potential healthcare integration across additional segments of Medicares approximately 67 million beneficiaries