Teen Smoking
Teen Smoking | Teen Smoking: An Overview
Susan Dominus has worked as an assistant editor at Glamour magazine, a feature editor and contributor for The American Lawyer magazine, and senior editor at New York Magazine.
Summary: Each day more than two thousand youths try cigarettes for the first time. Some teens think smoking looks sexy or cool; others hope cigarettes will help them lose weight or make them seem independent. Having parents who smoke is also likely to influence a teen’s decision in favor of smoking. With their busy schedules, many teens today suffer from similar stresses...
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Table of Contents
- Teen Smoking: An Overview
- Teen Smoking Is a Serious Problem
- Antismoking Efforts Should Target Both Adults and Teens
- Laws to Prevent Youth Access to Cigarettes Are Ineffective
- Antismoking Campaigns Make Smoking More Attractive to Teens
- Countermarketing Campaigns Can Reduce Teen Smoking
- State Antismoking Programs Work
- Government Antismoking Campaigns Are Socialist Propaganda
- Television Viewing May Encourage Youth Smoking
- Contemporary Films Often Advertise Tobacco Brands
- Tobacco Advertising Is Not Solely Responsible for Teen Smoking
- High Schools Should Accommodate Teen Smokers
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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