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A new report looking at each state’s rates of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, better known as COPD, shows New Mexico has seen some of the biggest decreases in the nation over a five-year period, dropping from 6.3% in 2018 to 5% in 2023, and the highest drop in men's rates of the disease.

New Mexico high schoolers are more than twice as likely to vape nicotine than use traditional tobacco products, according to the state’s Department of…