21.   Officials in California credited much of the increase among Hispanics there to surging birth rates rather than an influx of new immigrants evident in other areas.

22.   The Hispanic population in Kansas doubled in the past decade, reflecting national increases among minority residents, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.

23.   Thun and fellow researchers from the Emory University School of Public Health found there was no increase among non-smokers.

24.   Senior Canadian Government officials said the large number of businesses to be represented on this trip was due to a sharp increase among small and medium-sized enterprises.

25.   The association said it would target much of its anti-tobacco efforts toward adolescents because it said cigarette use is on the increase among teenagers and children.