Fewer Wisconsin Teens Smoke Now; E-Cigs and Others Rise

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/20/2014) [HEALTH] – On the 39th anniversary of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, new data has been released showing a record low percentage of Wisconsin teens are smoking. That celebratory data, however, was tempered by new figures showing a surge in use of other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. According to the Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey, 10.7 percent of Wisconsin high school students smoke cigarettes, down from 13.1 percent in 2012 and below the current national average of 12.7 percent. Yet, the rate of Wisconsin high school students using smokeless tobacco products like snuff and snus jumped from roughly six percent to nearly ten percent. Among high

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Constantly Updated Weather and Forecast

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (Constantly Updated Weather) – We provide Current Temperatures and Weather Forecast details at WisconsinReport.com. You can get the latest information for your area in the Sidebar on the right. It is accessible from all of our pages in every version of our website: desktop computer, laptop, notebook, mobile, cellphone, WiFi, or otherwise. To see the Weather Forecast click on the current weather box with the current temperature or from other links on our website. One such link is in our Main Menu under Headlines. To change the Weather Forecast details and Current Weather displayed, enter your city or zip code on the Weather Forecast page.

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Most schools and school districts meet or exceed expectations.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/18/2014) – The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says report cards for Wisconsin schools and school districts show that the majority meet or exceed expectations for student achievement and academic engagement in the 2013-14 school year. Overall, 88.3 percent of schools and 98.1 percent of districts with accountability scores had ratings that meet expectations or better.

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