Smoking and Youth

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingandyouth.html

From the National Institutes of Health
• Mind Over Matter - The Brain's Response to Nicotine (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/MOM/NIC/MOMNIC1.html

Overviews
• Smoking (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smoking.html
• Smoking - The Facts (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/smokingthefactsloader.html
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/smokingthefactsspanishloader.html
• What You(th) Should Know about Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/educational_materials/yuthfax1.htm
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/tabaco/teen_tabaco.htm

Anatomy/Physiology
• Learn about Your Respiratory System (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=40743

Pictures/Diagrams
• Images of Lungs (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=22577

Health Check Tools
• Tobacco Questionnaire (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips_4_youth/quiz.htm

Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Smoking (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D012907&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions
• Boyz II Men Answer Your Smoke-Free Questions (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/b2mq&a.htm;
• Path to Smoking Addiction Starts at Very Young Ages (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File - http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0127.pdf
• Talking to Your Child about Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/smoking.html
• Tobacco Harm to Kids (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File - http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0077.pdf

Prevention/Screening
• How Parents Can Protect Their Kids from Becoming Addicted Smokers (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File - http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0152.pdf
• How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Links to PDF File - http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0153.pdf
• Parenting Can Mean Prevention (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/educational_materials/parenting/gotaminbrochure.htm

Related Issues
• Cigar Smoking and Cancer (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_cigar_smoking_and_cancer.asp?sitearea=ped
• Facts on Youth Smoking, Health, and Performance (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/youth/ythsprt.htm

Research
• Anti-Tobacco Advocacy Inspires Teens to Quit Smoking (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Anti-Tobacco_Advocacy_Inspires_Teens_to_Quit_Smoking.asp
• Novelty-Seeking Teens May Be More Easily Influenced by Tobacco Advertisements (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/newsroom/04/NS-03.html
• Parents' Involvement Helps Kids Overcome Peer Influence on Smoking (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2002/nichd-23.htm
• Teens Have Easy Cigarette Access Online (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Teens_Have_Easy_Cigarette_Access_Online.asp
• Teens Report Being More Susceptible to Smoking after Minnesota Ends Anti-Tobacco Campaign (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040415.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries
• ABC's of Tobacco (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - http://tobaccofreekids.org/abc/frameset.htm

Organizations
• American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
• American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org/
• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - http://tobaccofreekids.org/
• CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
• National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov/

Law and Policy
• State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI) (American Lung Association) - http://slati.lungusa.org/

Statistics
• Adolescent Smoking Statistics (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=39868
• Healthy People 2010: Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/html/volume2/27tobacco.htm
• Targeting Tobacco Use:The Nation's Leading Cause of Death (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/aag/aag_osh.htm
• Teen Smoking Dropped Dramatically in 2002 (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNVol17N6/tearoff.html
• Teen Tobacco Use (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_children_adolescents_and_tobacco_use.asp?sitearea=who
• Teens' Drug Use Declines Dramatically, According to MTF Survey Results (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol19N1/tearoff.html

Children
• Smoking Stinks! (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html
• Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking: The Real Deal about Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/realdeal.htm

Teenagers
• Most Teens Don't Smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips_4_youth/facts.htm
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/tabaco/tabaco_facts.htm
• Smoking: Don't Let It Steer You Wrong (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/274.xml

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Smokeless Tobacco - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokelesstobacco.html
• Smoking - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smoking.html
• Smoking Cessation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingcessation.html
• Child and Teen Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childandteenhealth.html
• Substance Abuse Problems - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/substanceabuseproblems.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Smoking and Youth is the National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 28 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 28 October 2004