title: Discouraging smoking: interventions for pediatric nurse practitioners.
abstract: Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in this country, and it often begins in adolescence. By discouraging the use of cigarettes, pediatric nurse practitioner and other health care professionals can significantly reduce this current and future threat to the health of the nation's children and adolescents. This article describes factors associated with adolescent smoking and interventions to prevent the initiation of smoking.
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authors.lastname: Rasco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*