Smoking in adolescence: what a clinician can do to help.
Approximately 4400 adolescents try their first cigarette every day in the United States. Trying a few cigarettes or using tobacco more regularly as an adolescent significantly increases the risk of smoking in adulthood. Adolescents can develop nicotine dependency after smoking relatively few cigarettes. This article points out the prevalence and unique aspects of teenage tobacco use. In addition, current recommendations for treating nicotine dependence in adolescents are reviewed.
Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, 400 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA. ssunday@nshs.edu
Suzanne R
SR
Sunday
Patricia
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Folan
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D010290:Parents; D010379:Peer Group; D010819:Physician's Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention