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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.
17 kwi 2023 · Public policy actions to protect children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine use, as well as tobacco smoke and aerosol exposure, have proven effective in reducing harm.
Arguably, the best way to ensure this protection is through comprehensive smoking bans, which effectively protect young people from the harms of tobacco smoke. 9 Crucially, most policies do not address secondhand smoke exposure in private locations, but instead rely upon individuals to voluntarily refrain from smoking in these contexts when ...
23 sty 2024 · Here’s what you need to know about teen smoking, including risks, reasons, e-cigarettes, and how to help teens avoid or quit smoking. How can smoking affect a teen’s health?
1 paź 2020 · Tobacco use and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure are harmful to development and have significant health risks across the life span, including asthma, respiratory infections, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. 1 Most adults begin smoking during adolescence, highlighting the importance of clinical and public health interventions to prevent ...
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.
5 cze 2020 · Findings highlight worrying trends. While overall, some small but encouraging reductions in adolescent cigarette smoking behaviours have been observed since 2014, the report reveals some alarming trends: Both lifetime and current cigarette smoking are increasing steeply with age.
