DAYTON - While teen cigarette smoking and drink- ing is down state-wide ac- cording to a recent Healthy Use Survey, Columbia County teens have stagnated and increased in these risky behaviors.

The recent Healthy Use Survey distributed by the Department of Social and Health Services measured substance abuse along with risk factors in youth across the state and the re- sults in Columbia County are cause for a refocus in local communities.

The bi-annual survey was administered across the state to more than 200,000 youth in October 2012 and the results are available online broken down by county...