PA. GETS FAILING GRADES FROM AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION

The American Lung Association has released its State of Tobacco Control report cards and it appears Pennsylvania has been given mostly failing grades.  In their latest results, the organization listed the state among the worst in the country in preventing or reducing tobacco use, especially among teens.  Some 26 percent of state high schoolers report using tobacco.  Pennsylvania’s rate for lung and bronchial cancer is higher than the national average, too; 22-thousand residents die each year from smoking.