ON THE STREET

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think the federal government should do to fight teen-age smoking?"

Margie Besher, Marble Hill

"Raise the prices. Better education. More emphasis on education"

Nichole Tillotson, Jackson

"You can educate them in schools about it. You can tell them the effects of it, but it's not going to stop anybody from doing it. Peer pressure is too much of a big thing. I just graduated from Jackson (high school) and I would say that at least half of the school smokes."

James Coulter, Scott City

"Encourage parents to deal with it. Some kind of program that would be educational to the parents as well as the students."

Debbie Guenther, Belleville, Ill.

"I don't think it's up to the government I think it's up to the local people who sell cigarettes. Card those kids every time they go to buy a pack of cigarettes. There are going to be a few (kids) that get them, but they could clamp down on it."

Susan Roper, Cape Girardeau

"I don't think it's the government's job. I think it's the family's job. I think the family has to model for the teen-agers. Not to say one thing and do another. I think it happens one person at a time."