Minnedosa MLA Leanne Rowat says too many youth in Manitoba are smoking.

She says the province needs to do more to correct the problem. Rowat says a recent survey indicates 18 percent of the youth aged 15 to 19 smoke and that's 5 percent above the national average.

She says the Selinger government needs to get tougher.

 

 

Rowat says the province reduced its tobacco control budget by 4 percent and that was a step in the wrong direction.