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Students Tested for Tobacco Use
Newsday.com ^ | October 7, 2002 | By GREG GIUFFRIDA

Posted on 10/07/2002 2:18:36 PM PDT by metesky

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. -- Breath mints won't cut it anymore for students who have been smoking in the bathroom -- some schools around the country are administering urine tests to teenagers to find out whether they have been using tobacco.

Opponents say such testing violates students' rights and can keep them out of the extracurricular activities they need to stay on track. But some advocates say smoking in the boys' room is a ticket to more serious drug use.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: pufflist; whipitout; wodheatsup; youvillobey
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To: Jeff Gordon Fan
Pity! We lost a lot of teens in Maine this past summer from drinking and driving. They ended up in twisted pieces of metal! If all they did was smoke, they would still be with us today.
41 posted on 10/07/2002 7:53:12 PM PDT by SheLion
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To: Lexington Green
The youth in Maine are so obese it's sickening.......

This picture is take from the Partnership for a Tobacco Free Maine! They want to do away with smoking, but look how fat they are! Disgusting. They should take off the pounds before they tell OTHER people how to live!


42 posted on 10/07/2002 7:58:07 PM PDT by SheLion
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