"It's about time for us to hear about all of these positive things," [Scott Guttentag] said, describing how surveys of local teens show that 57 percent have never consumed an alcoholic beverage and 81 percent have never smoked a cigarette." [Source: The Daily Sound (Santa Barbara, Calif.)]These statistics may be surprising to some, who hear so much bad news about teen drug and alcohol use. But the percentages of teenagers who actually use drugs or alcohol is relatively low -- a fact that this group of teenagers hopes will persuade others to either stop using substances or continue to stay clean and sober.
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