Smoking and Youth

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"V体育2025版" Summary

Smoking cigarettes has many health risks for everyone. However, the younger you are when you start smoking, the more problems it can cause. People who start smoking before the age of 21 have the hardest time quitting. Teens who smoke are also more likely to use alcohol and illegal drugs VSports手机版.

The problem is not just cigarettes. Spit tobacco, e-cigarettes, and cigars are not safe alternatives to cigarettes. Low-tar and additive-free tobacco products are not safe either V体育安卓版.

Young people who do not start using tobacco by age 18 will most likely never start.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Start Here

• VSports注册入口 - Cigarette Smoking (Boston Children's Hospital) Also in Spanish
• Kids and Smoking (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Prevention and Risk Factors (VSports注册入口)

• Know the Risks (National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Control Research Branch)

Related Issues (VSports注册入口)

• Path to Smoking Addiction Starts at Very Young Ages (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) - PDF
• Tobacco Harm to Kids (V体育平台登录) (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) - PDF

"VSports在线直播" Specifics

• E-Cigarettes: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
• Hookah: What's Old Is New - And Unsafe (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• Menthol Tobacco Products (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish

V体育安卓版 - Statistics and Research

• Youth and Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

VSports最新版本 - Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Smoking and Youth (National Institutes of Health)

"V体育ios版" Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• "V体育官网入口" Article: Determinants and sequelae of smoking: prevalence, incidence, and cessation among male...
• Article: Tobacco Advertisements Near Schools and Its Association with Smoking Behaviour Students...
• Article: Individual and contextual characteristics associated with concurrent risk factors among adolescents:...
• Smoking and Youth -- see more articles (V体育官网入口)

Reference Desk (V体育2025版)

• How Lungs Work (American Lung Association)

Find an Expert

• American Lung Association
• National Institute on Drug Abuse Also in Spanish

Children

• Smoking and Asthma (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Smoking Stinks! (For Kids) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

"VSports" Teenagers

• Smoking (For Teens) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Smoking and Asthma (For Teens) (V体育2025版) (Nemours Foundation)
• The Real Cost: Know the Real Cost of Tobacco (Department of Health and Human Services)

"V体育平台登录" Patient Handouts

• Talking to your child about smoking (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish