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Percent of adults in New York City who said they were smokers in 2010, an all-time low. Smoking rates have decreased 35% since 2002, when 22% of New Yorkers smoked; the drop translates to approximately 450,000 fewer smokers and some 50,000 fewer premature deaths by 2052, city officials said. Declines were particularly steep in young adults and teens, which suggests that younger generations aren't taking up the habit. The rate of smoking among public school students dropped from 18% in 2001 to just 7% in 2010 — less than half the national youth smoking rate. [via NYC.gov]