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Teen Smoking/Tobacco
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Water Pipes
As the prevalence of cigarette smoking wanes, water-pipe smoking is becoming increasingly popular. Water pipes are also known as hookah, shisha, goza, harghile, and hubble bubble devices. In all, tobacco is burned and inhaled through a device with a pipe and a base half-filled with water . . .
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Water Pipe Tobacco Smoking
A significant percentage of college students believe that water pipe (hookah) smoking is a socially-appropriate activity and that it is less addictive or harmful to one's health than cigarette smoking. Little is known about the practice and beliefs about water pipe tobacco smoking among younger adolescents. . . .
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Tobacco Marketing Reaches Youth via Rodeos
While motor sports receive the majority of tobacco marketing resources, rodeo is becoming a prominent venue for smokeless tobacco (Copenhagen) sponsorship. The substantial economic support from tobacco makes it difficult for rodeos to give up that sponsorship or to ban distribution of tobacco samples. . . .
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Nicotine Replacement- Another Example of Health Disparities
Adolescent smoking has declined in recent years, but its prevalence remains concerning. The onset of symptoms of nicotine dependence among adolescents may occur within one month of initiating smoking. Smoking cessation interventions, such as nicotine replacement therapies (patches and gum) are needed early in the career of a smoker. . . .
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Developing the Habit
People are more likely to smoke as adults if they smoked during their adolescence. Symptoms of nicotine-dependence have also been found to be a strong predictor of future smoking behavior. What is the effect of early dependence on smoking behavior? . . .
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Another Reason to Avoid Second Hand Smoke
The detrimental health effects of smoking and of second hand smoke are well recognized. It is well researched that there are causal associations between second hand smoke and sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, middle ear infections, and asthma. . . .
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Immune System Goes Up In Smoke (2006)
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure ("passive smoking") is one of the most common preventable health hazards. It is associated with common colds, middle-ear disease, respiratory syncytial virus, bronchitis, pneumonia, and serious bacterial infections. Passive smoking has also been associated with SIDS, exacerbation of asthma, and most recently to behavioral and cognitive problems in children. It may even be associated with childhood cancers. . . .
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Household Smoking Bans and Youth Views of Smoking (2005)
Are teens more likely to think adults in their town disapprove of smoking if visitors and household smokers are not allowed to smoke inside their own homes? This study examined the relationship of household smoking bans on youths' perceptions about the rates of adult and teen smoking in their own community and about adults' disapproval of teens or other adults smoking . . .
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Do Students Smoke to Lose Weight? (2009)
Research on smoking and weight control in youth has not previously described how healthy or unhealthy weight control activities are related to cigarette smoking. This project used data from the 2005 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) to determine if trying to lose weight and/or using particular weight control measures are independently related to current smoking. . . .
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Are Teens Using Nicotine Replacement Products? (2004)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recommends that to help adolescents, counseling should be provided and nicotine replacement therapy be considered. Alternatively, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved these nicotine replacement therapy products for any persons under age 18 years. . . .
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ADHD Link to Tobacco Smoke and Lead (2006)
Pediatric health researchers analyzed data from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to determine any relationships between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and children's exposure to tobacco smoke and to environmental lead (neurotoxicants). . . .
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Adolescents Most Likely to Smoke (2005)
Despite some successes in the campaign against smoking, many adolescents still take up the habit. Is parental smoking during childhood the strongest predictor of which adolescents will smoke? What about peer pressure? Some have reported that adolescents with larger lung volumes have higher chances of smoking. To investigate these and other possible childhood predictors of teenage smoking, the authors gathered follow-up data on 191 Montreal school children who had answered previous surveys. . . .
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Why Teens Choose No Smoking
The research on youth tobacco use has typically addressed predictors of smoking initiation. The Virginia Youth Tobacco Project sought to understand nonsmoking attitudes, beliefs, and norms from the perspective of 16--17-year-old nonsmokers. . . .
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