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Kids and Smoking
The health risks of tobacco are well known, but kids and teens continue to smoke and use chewing tobacco. Many young ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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How Can I Keep My Teenage Daughter From Smoking?
Teenage girls are becoming smokers at higher rates than teenage boys. Several studies have shown that about 30% of ...
Source: Missouri Families
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How Can I Help My Teen Quit Smoking for Good?
My 18-year-old son quit smoking for a few weeks, but now he says he wants to go back to it. He says he's been under a ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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The Health Effects of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke
In 1986, Dr. C. Everett Koop released the first Surgeon General’s report concluding that exposure to secondhand ...
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Smoking and Asthma
Smoking is unhealthy for everyone, but especially for someone with asthma. The lungs of a smoker, with or without ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Teens and Cigarettes
Young people start smoking for many reasons -- to act older, to be independent, to fit in, to relieve stress, to rebel ...
Source: Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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Girls Abusing Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco Just as Much or More Than Boys
Cautioning teens to steer clear of substances that could be hazardous to their health is a normal and important part of ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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The Impact of Smoking Scenes in Movies and Smoking Households on Kids
Viewing smoking scenes in movies is a significant risk factor for smoking among older teens and young adults, one new ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Smoke-Free Restaurant Laws Help Curb Teen Smoking
Restaurants with no-smoking policies aren't just creating a healthier atmosphere for their diners — it turns out ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Risky Behavior in Teens
The table below shows the percentage of teenager boys and girls who reported engaging in risky behaviors.Percentage of ...
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Substance Use
National statistics show that substance use and abuse is a much greater threat to the health of adolescents than to ...
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NIDA InfoFacts: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products
Through the use of cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco, nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in ...
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Talking To Teens About Tobacco Use
What’s It All About?Cigarette smoking rates among Washington teens in 2002 dropped to their lowest level in the ...
Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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How to Talk to Teens About Dangerous Hookah (Water Pipe) Smoking
What is Hookah?Hookah - also called narghile, shisha, goza, and hubbly-bubbly is a water pipe used to smoke specially ...
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Where Kids Get Their Smokes
Tobacco products often aren't hard for teens to come by. They can usually bum a cigarette from friends or sometimes...
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How Can My Daughter Help Her Boyfriend Quit Smoking?
My daughter doesn't smoke, but her boyfriend does. She really wants to help him quit. What can she do? – Ann It's...
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Smoke-Free Dorms on Campus
The National Center for College Health and Safety, part of EDC's Health and Human Development Programs (HHD), released a...
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Secondhand Smoke and Young Children
What is second hand smoke? Secondhand smoke is a mixture of smoke from the burning of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and...
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Tobacco and Youth Toolkit
By experimenting with tobacco, young people place themselves at risk for nicotine addiction. Nicotine is a highly...
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