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6 dni temu · Overview. Youth use of tobacco products in any form is unsafe. Preventing tobacco product use among youth is critical to reducing tobacco use among the nation's youth. Tobacco product use is started and established primarily during adolescence. 1 2. Nearly 9 out of 10 adults who smoke cigarettes daily first try smoking by age 18.
27 maj 2021 · Emic approaches might aid understanding of how young people might become addicted, what they need to stay smoke-free, and how policies can best help and protect them. In short, to inform policies to end the tobacco epidemic, we need approaches that are emic as well as etic.
1 paź 2020 · Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS) from 61 countries reveal that a substantial number of youth report current cigarette smoking (mean prevalence: 10.7%, range: 1.7%–35%), and >50% of young smokers wish to quit. 2 Globally, GYTS data indicate that youth who have never used ...
Strategies to prevent smoking initiation in children and adolescents are reviewed in the present position statement, with focus on interventions that can be performed in the health care setting.
2 lut 2021 · The WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–20 has set the target to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use by 30% among individuals aged 15 years or older between 2010 and 2025.
This study represents the first truly global report of secondhand smoke exposure in young people using GYTS data more recent than 2013. The GYTS is arguably the best tool available for monitoring trends in tobacco use and exposure among young people across the world and for evaluating the impact of tobacco control efforts in this group.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that pediatricians provide brief counseling to all children and adolescents to prevent tobacco use initiation, and that all teenagers be screened for tobacco and nicotine use.
