Mark Udall: “I have an 11-year-old daughter, a soon to be 11-year-old daughter. She is a very important part of my life. When I…”

“I have an 11-year-old daughter, a soon to be 11-year-old daughter. She is a very important part of my life. When I looked at the statistics that the gentleman has shared with us in general, and then broke them down into the statistics that apply to women and girls, I thought it was very striking. Smoking prevalence is higher among women with 9 to 11 years of education than women with 13 to 15 years of education, and three times higher than women with 16 or more years of education. Smoking among girls and women has increased dramatically in the 1990s. From 1991 to 1999, smoking among high school girls increased from 27 percent to 34 percent. A report published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that girls have an easier time buying cigarettes than boys, even at the youngest ages.”