News tagged with youth smoking
Researches link tobacco industry's marketing to youth smoking
Aug 21, 2008 |
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report, co-edited by University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken, that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking ...
Smoking prevention campaign saving billions in smoking-related care
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the American Legacy Foundation have estimated that truth®, the nations' largest youth smoking prevention campaign, saved $1.9 billion or more in health ...
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Certain states more aggressive with anti-smoking policies
Apr 08, 2009 |
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A new study published in the journal Contemporary Economic Policy assesses the impact of state attributes on the likelihood that a state adopts policies to limit youth access to tobacco. Across nine different measures of you ...
Study examines movie smoking exposure and team sport participation in youth established smoking
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Participating in team sports is associated with a reduced likelihood of youths becoming established smokers, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journa ...
New study explains why anti-smoking ads backfire or succeed
Jul 20, 2007 |
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Some anti-smoking ads are simply ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light up. Fortunately, some are successful, and a new University of Georgia study helps explain why.
Rating might be unlikely to affect teens exposure to smoking in movies
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Several recent research studies published in the United States have determined that young adolescents who see smoking scenes in movies are more likely to smoke. To combat smoking among youth, public health groups have called ...
Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Whether non-smoking Mexican-American adolescents go on to experiment with smoking depends largely on their initial attitude toward the habit, researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the December issue of Cancer Ep ...
Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is tit ...
Kids who watch R-rated movies are more likely to smoke
Feb 23, 2009 |
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A new study finds that kids who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are much more likely to believe it's easy to get a cigarette than those who aren't allowed to watch such films.
Researchers find link between advertising and increased tobacco use among India's youth
May 02, 2008 |
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As the westernization of India accelerates, tobacco advertising and marketing have been linked to increased tobacco use by urban Indian children as young as 11, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas ...
Enforcing bans on cigarette sales to kids reduces youth smoking
Apr 17, 2009 |
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A new study finds that enforcing federal and state laws against tobacco sales to minors dramatically decreases underage smoking rates. The results show that laws prohibiting sales of cigarettes to minors and stepped up enforcement ...
Methamphetamine abuse linked to underage sex, smoking and drinking
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Children and adolescents who abuse alcohol or are sexually active are more likely to take methamphetamines (MA), also known as 'meth' or 'speed'. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics reveals the ri ...
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