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Publication Fights Epidemic Of Smoking Among Teenage Girls.(Brief Article)
2001 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
It is back-to-school time, and unless things change by the start of the 2002 school year, more than 250,000 teenage girls will have become regular smokers.
About one-third of these girls will eventually die prematurely from smoking-related illnesses such as heart disease, far more than will die from breast cancer. How to stop those girls from smoking is the subject of the latest issue of the National Women's Health Report, published by the National Women's Health Resource Center.
"The start of a new school year is a highly stressful time for teenagers, a time when they are very susceptible to starting smoking," said Amy Niles, the executive director of the Resource Center. "Our newsletter gives parents practical information about how to stop girls from starting. Back to school should not mean time to light up."
The eight-page newsletter is packed with facts about teenage girls and smoking, as well as up-to-the-minute tips and resources for parents to want to help their teenage daughters quit smoking or not start. Most important, it talks about prevention messages and tactics that work. ...
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