Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday August 30 2002 — A9 Global study: Youth smoking high in poor regions ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials are talcing a snapshot of child smoking rates around the world and they say the preliminary findings are alarming In Buenos Aires Argentina one in four children ages 13 to 15 smokes cigarettes In Moscow it’s one in three and in the Northern Mariana Islands nearly 40 percent of children in that age bracket global youth smoking rates that the CDC hopes to complete by the end of the year “This is the first time we’ve had numbers to show (youth) smoking really is a major world health problem” said Dr Terry Pechacek of the CDC Organizers of the Global Youth Tbbacco Survey acknowledge they still have a long way to go before they can present a scientific comparison of youth smoking rates So far results for some countries focus wily on major cities while others are nationwide Some number come from this year while others — like the 188 percent rate for the United States — are two years old Figures for western Europe and Japan which have traditionally high smoking rates won't be ready until later this tial findings already point to the growing problem of youth smoking worldwide “In many parts of the world youths can easily get cigarettes" Pechacek said The figures were taken for ages 5 because that is the most reliable bracket for schoolattendance ' The CDC is conducting the study with the World Health Organization the National Cancer Institute and the Canadian Public Health OnthaNat: http:wwwcdcgovtobaccaglob 13-1- year But organizers say the ini algytsGYTS— introhtm smoke The figures released Thun- day by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention are part of an ongoing survey of t kjr'ii ri On all purchases of $299 or more on your Home Depot Consumer Credit Card ' ft Down Die Cost £L Driving of Home Improvement AP photo Summit Sheriff’s County deputies lead John Goff from the courtroom on Thursday in Akron Ohio after a jury found him guilty of two counts of rape two counts of sexual battery and one count of endangering children " Jury evicts man Tor rape inseminating Stepdaughter AKRON Ohio (AP) — A man was convicted Thursday of rape for forcibly impregnating his then stepdaugh- ter with a syringe violating rape laws he had pushed legis-lators to enact After deliberating for just over 2 12 hours jurors found John Goff guilty of two counts of rape two counts of sexual u batrery andone count of endan- children He faces up to gering 35 years in prison at his Oct 8 sentencing Goff 41 of Stow frowned and looked at his family as die verdict was read Judge John Adams revoked Goff’s bond and he was immediately hand: cuffed and led away Goff was convicted of breaking die laws he and his wife campaigned for in the 1990s after a man accused of molesting his stepdaughter was acquitted Lawmakers toughened the law in 1996 to include penetration with any object as a component of rape fteviously only sexual inteicourse was considered rape Paternity tests showed that Goff fathered his stepdaughter’s baby The boy bran in 1999 is in foster care Goff’s wife Narda Goff was convicted in March of helping Goff impregnate her daughter with a syringe of his senten and was sentenced to three yean in prisoo She refused to testify against ber husband " Narda GofFsattoroey argued Between Aug 26 2002 and Sept 22002 Get 1 0 off your first purchase when you open a new HD Consumer or HD Commercial credit account Existing credit customers get 10 off their next purchase existing HD Consumer or Commercial credit account Maximum HD discount is $200 JI v Mp MVaiI I I 1 j V ! i t1:' - ! 5 ? 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