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1 <br />Sources of Cigarettes for Youth <br />Seventy -five percent of ninth grade students who <br />are regular smokers' buy their own cigarettes2. <br />80.0% <br />60.0% <br />40.0% <br />20.0% <br />0.0% <br />75% <br />49 % <br />35% <br />25% <br />Shop <br />Friend or <br />Sibling <br />Vending <br />Machine <br />Parent or <br />Adult <br />'Regular smokers are defined as those who reported smoking daily during the 30 days preceding the survey. <br />2Respondents were allowed to report multiple sources for getting cigarettes. <br />Source <br />Cummings, K. Michael, E. Sciandra, T. F. Pechacek, M. Orlandi, and W. R. Lynn for the COMMIT Research <br />Group. 1992. Where teenagers get their cigarettes: a survey of the purchasing habits of 13 -16 year olds in 12 <br />US communities. Tobacco Control 1:264 -267. <br />Minnesota <br />SISâ–  <br />Cantu* Acorn IJ a kbxce tt BMUIfet <br />Minnesota <br />Deparunent <br />M Health <br />46W <br />Page 144 <br />