31.   She said the electric-guitar ad was based on the premise that taste is a matter of personal choice, and was not meant to lure young smokers.

32.   Some schools suspend students caught smoking, and many adults do not hesitate to reprimand young smokers even if they are strangers.

33.   Still, the threat of the law keeps young smokers cautious.

34.   The study should give young smokers more reason not to smoke, Gardner said.

35.   The study, published in the Postgraduate Medical Journal, comes at a time when the number of young female smokers continues to grow.

36.   Experts believe such measures will cut the number of young smokers in half.

37.   President Bill Clinton branded nicotine as an addictive drug Thursday and ordered the government to take steps to cut the number of young smokers by half in seven years.

38.   President Bill Clinton branded nicotine an addictive drug Thursday and ordered the government to take steps to cut the number of young smokers by half in seven years.