Teen Smoking Links

Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking

A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Pregnant teens take up smoking to avoid pain of childbirth

Pregnant teenagers are taking up smoking in the hope of having smaller babies so that childbirth is less painful, a Government minister warned.

Moms Forum: Smoking teens? - Kansas.com

Moms Forum: Smoking teens? Kansas.com, KS - 15 hours ago How did we end up with a smoking teen? Even after I told him how bad for you, disgusting and expensive it is, he still decided it was something he had to ...

Top-Rated Prevention Program Helps Cut Teen Smoking Rate - Medical News Today (press release)

Top-Rated Prevention Program Helps Cut Teen Smoking Rate Medical News Today (press release), UK - Sep 23, 2008 Fewer Alabama teens are smoking, according to the results of the 2008 Youth Tobacco Survey. The survey, conducted by the Alabama Department of Public ...

Teens can promote healthy habits - Edmond Sun

Teens can promote healthy habits Edmond Sun, OK - 14 hours ago Though we have made progress in recent years, Oklahoma still needs improvement in many health indicators, including teen obesity and teen smoking. ...