On a day when trick-or-treaters and candy reign supreme, Tobacco Free Florida is warning parents to pay attention to candy flavored cigars and snuff, which it says are being marketed to teens. One in three high school students reports they have tried smoking cigarettes at least once. Ream more »
In Hattiesburg, 253 Mississippi teenagers learned about tobacco prevention Monday morning at the Lake Terrace Convention Center.
Within the state, 1,300, will be informed by the end of the year. However, 69,000 Mississippi teens under 18 will ultimately die prematurely from smoking, according to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. Ream more »
NEARLY one in five teenagers is smoking, with many boys getting through a pack of 20 cigarettes daily.
Girls are more likely to smoke than boys and 71pc of both are having five or more cigarettes a day. But boys who light up get through more cigarettes than their female counterparts.
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It’s time to tell Saskatchewan’s stubborn teenage smokers the facts of life about smoking.
No, not just a repetition of the whole “bad-for-your-health” lecture. Teen smokers already know, from years of anti-smoking campaigns and cigarette package warnings, that their habit can kill them. Ream more »
The Baltimore County Public School Handbook states that their facilities and schools are classified as drug and tobacco free. Now that sounds great, but there’s a small catch that I’d like to address. The BCPS handbook also mentions that the regulations regarding to this offense is bounded for on and off campus basis, meaning that you’re fully responsible to oblige by school rules until you’re home. Ream more »
Fewer teens are smoking cigarettes, though experts worry smokeless products including flavored tobacco could take their place.
The 2012 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey reveals 23 percent fewer high school students are smoking cigarettes than were in 2010. A random sampling of sixth through 12th graders across Florida shows about 10.1 percent of teens reported smoking cigarettes. A larger number – 11.4 percent – reported smoking cigars. Ream more »
The number of Florida high school students smoking cigarettes is dropping. A recent study by the Florida Department of Health shows a 23 percent decrease in high school smoking.
Officials from the Florida Department of Health and Tobacco Free Florida say their anti-smoking campaigns are working. Ream more »
A recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Colorado teens are smoking marijuana less than before.
The study shows that youth marijuana use in Colorado went down 2.8 percent from 2009 to 2011 to a total of 22 percent.
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Fewer teens are smoking cigarettes now, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
That’s the good news.
In North Carolina, the number of high school smokers in the state has dropped to 15.5 percent, a historic low according to the results of the 2011 N.C. Youth Tobacco Survey. The amount was 16.7 percent in 2009, the previous low level.
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Teen smoking had been declining for decades, but now progress is stalling. The latest Surgeon General’s report on preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults estimates that more than 600,000 middle school students and 3 million high school students smoke cigarettes.
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