Developing guidelines for smoking cessation interventions for pregnant adolescents.
More than 400,000 deaths a year in the United States are attributed to active and passive tobacco smoke exposure. Healthy People 2000 objectives target a reduction in the tobacco use of high-risk populations such as youth and pregnant women. This article describes guidelines for health professionals to address smoking cessation when working with pregnant adolescents and teen mothers who smoke.
University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, PA 15261, USA.
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