Source: 2001 Behavior Risk Factor Survey, Department of Public Health and Social Services Office of Planning and Evaluation Percentage of Middle School students who smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days   Year Percentage 2003 23.3% 2001 19.3% 1999 17.6% Percentage of High School students who smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days   Year Percentage 2003 31.6% 2001 37.1% 1999 37.3%   Source: 1999, 2001 & 2003 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey School Health Education Program Division of Curriculum and Instruction Guam Department of Education P.O. Box DE Hagåtña, Guam 96932 Tel: 475-0448 Fax: 477-3772   Public Law PDF documents provided courtesy of JurisPacific.   P.L. 27-05: Amends tobacco tax rates, effective May 1, 2003.   P.L. 26-07: Adopts a model statute under the Master Settlement Agreement.   P.L. 26-04 Authorizes GEDA to issue tobacco settlement revenue bonds....   P.L. 26-03 Adopts a model statute under the Master Settlement Agreement.   P.L. 25-187 Establishes the Healthcare Security Trust Fund...   P.L. 25-150 Rehabilitates the Guam Memorial Hospital and creates a reserve fund to receive the tobacco settlement monies.   P.L. 25-104 Equalizes the tobacco tax on cigars to a level comparable to other forms of tobacco.   P.L. 24-278 Requires sellers of tobacco products to obtain a tobacco license and enforces the prohibition of sales of tobacco products to minors.   P.L. 24-174 Establishes the Health & Human Services Fund and sets guidelines for deposit of settlement money.   P.L. 22-90 Prohibits smoking on airline flights.   P.L. 21-139 Guam's Clean Indoor Air Act of 1992: Regulates smoking within public places and places of employment.   P.L. 21-25 Prohibits the sale of tobacco to minors.   21 GCA Chapter 61 S.61541 Coming soon.

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