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Letter
Seasonality in onset of youth smoking parallels seasonality in cigarette sales
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Cigarette sales in the USA peak in the summer months, June through August.1 This finding prompted examination of data on the onset of youth smoking to determine whether a similar pattern could be discerned. In this letter we report data from the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth (DANDY) study.2 The sample of 679 seventh grade students …