UK News 23-09-2004 who: Economic and Social Research Council what: Says teenage girls are more likely to smoke than boys where: University of Leeds, LEEDS when: Yesterday snippet: A six-year study by the university`s school of psychology "found no difference between girls and boys at 11-12 when 2% of both groups admitted to regular smoking," says The Guardian. "But by the age of 13-14, 16% of girls and 8% of boys had taken up the habit. And in the run-up to GCSEs at 15-16, 31% of girls and 16% of boys said they were smoking regularly." [... more]

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