"Their smoking had been declining every year since 1983, but for the first time their smoking went up, and went up by a lot."

Although a recent University of Michigan study, released in December, found that teenage smoking had declined significantly from 1996 to 2000, many teenagers still smoke, especially girls.

Women and smoking is now declining in the developed world and increasing in the developing world.

The Surgeon General's report linking cigarettes to cancer came out the next year, and smoking has declined ever since.

In addition, the committee noted that while smoking was declining among Americans over 18, it was not declining among those under 18.

While smoking has dramatically declined among men in recent decades, it has significantly increased among young women.

Although smoking has declined among women since the 1960's, the rate of decline has been slow, and the number of deaths remain high.

Despite enormous propaganda by the tobacco companies, adult smoking has declined.

In New York, as in the rest of the country, adult smoking has declined in the 1990's.

In announcing their revision of the ratings system, Motion Picture Association officials said a comprehensive internal review showed that smoking had declined in movies recently.