Preventing tobacco use among young people a report of the Surgeon General.
- Repr., with corrections, July 1994.
- Washington, D.C. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [1994]
- x, 314 p. ill. (some col.) 28 cm.
Constitutes the 1994 Surgeon general's report on the health consequences of smoking. Cf. Foreword and transmittal letter from Donna E. Shalala.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health consequences of tobacco use by young people -- Health consequences of smoking among young people -- Adult health implications of smoking among young people -- Nicotine addiction in adolescence -- Smoking as a risk factor for other drug use -- Health consequences of smokeless tobacco use among young people -- Epidemiology of tobacco use among young people in the United States -- Cigarette smoking among young people in the United States -- Smokeless tobacco use among young people in the United States -- Psychosocial risk factors for initiating tobacco use -- Initiation of cigarette smoking -- Initiation of smokeless tobacco use -- Implications of research for preventing tobacco use: modifying psychosocial risk -- Tobacco advertising and promotional activities -- Role of advertising and promotion in the marketing of tobacco products -- History of cigarette advertising to the young -- Historical content analyses of cigarette advertising -- Promotional efforts of the tobacco industry -- Research on the effects of cigarette advertising and promotional activities on young people -- Efforts to prevent tobacco use among young people -- Public opinion about preventing tobacco use among young people -- Educational efforts to prevent tobacco use among young people -- Public policies to prevent tobacco use among young people.
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