Lower Rates of Cigarette and Marijuana Smoking Among Exercising Teens
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Teens who exercise regularly are less likely than less active peers to have smoked cigarettes daily or to have abused marijuana in the past month. This pattern has persisted over the past decade, according to an annual survey of the nation's high school students.
Source
An analysis of repeated cross-sectional data from the Monitoring the Future Survey, by Dr. Lloyd Johnston, University of Michigan.
Teens who exercise regularly are less likely than less active peers to have smoked cigarettes daily or to have abused marijuana in the past month. This pattern has persisted over the past decade, according to an annual survey of the nation's high school students.