Tobacco products cause more lung cancer to smokers who start young, recent research finds; scientists think it may relate to the impact of smoking at an age when the lungs are still developing.
Recent research shows that Philip Morris's "Think, Don't Smoke" ads make kids more likely to smoke, while anti-smoking ads designed by health groups decrease smoking.
Summary of the science on how people get addicted, what nicotine does in the brain.
Reports and slide presentations on tobacco industry youth prevention programs, kids and tobacco, and spit tobacco. In Word and PowerPoint format.
Consumer Health Interactive article examines the causes of teen smoking, such as tobacco advertising from Lorillard.
Scientific paper examines the evidence that lung damage is greater and more lasting the younger a person started smoking.
Report from a symposium held July 1999. Summary of findings, paper presentations, talks; recommendations.
Time magazine article on bidis.
What parents can do to prevent teenage smoking plus fact sheets, statistics and health effects.
Research finds that point-of-purchase cigarette ads at convenience stores influence teen smoking.
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