21.   Gerstner and other cigarette makers have stabilized smoking rates by preying on the least educated people.

22.   He predicted that if enacted, the ban would cost the state tourist and convention business visitors from countries with high smoking rates, such as Japan.

23.   He studied youth smoking rates nationally and found that states with higher prices did not have lower teenage smoking rates.

24.   Health experts have long argued that the best way to cut smoking rates, particularly among teen-agers, is to raise the cost of cigarettes.

25.   High smoking rates have long been associated with high school students.

26.   Health advocates say nicotine reduction is the key to curbing addiction and thus reducing overall smoking rates.

27.   In general, smoking rates are falling in the developed world but rising in developing countries, the future market for American companies facing restrictions at home.

28.   In recent years, smoking rates among young teenagers have climbed sharply.

29.   It has an active legal system and smoking rates similar to the United States.

30.   Just what has caused the teen-age smoking rate to rise so sharply is hotly debated.