AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-2167171_ITM" title="Facts and information about Many young smokers say they want to quit. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)">Many young smokers say they want to quit. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)</a>

Close Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly are available.

Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds

Many young smokers say they want to quit. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly

| September 16, 2002 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A World Health Organization (WHO) survey found that 14 percent of 13- to 15-year-olds worldwide smoke cigarettes, but that most of these teenagers say they would like to quit, CNN reported. The survey of young people in 43 countries and the Palestinian Territories revealed that 70 percent of teen smokers worldwide want to stop smoking, while 56 percent of young smokers in the United States say they would like to quit.

The survey found that youth smoking rates were …

View articles courtesy of your local library

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more


Text messaging may help young smokers quit.(UPI Science Report): News wire article from: UPI Perspectives June 6, 2005 700+ words
...Auckland's Clinical Trials Research Unit, studied 1,705 young smokers who wanted to give up their habit. The median age of the...anti-smoking study. "We would love to do a trial in the United States to see how transferable the benefits are," Rodgers said...


U. Mississippi: Emphysema begins in young smokers.: News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 17, 2002 700+ words
...elastic fibers that allow the lungs to expand and contract when breathing. "Two million people suffer from emphysema in the United States, and in 1998, 112,584 people died from emphysema and chronic bronchitis," Bales said. Emphysema is a process and happens...


Words of caution for young smokers.(Interview): News wire article from: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) March 18, 2007 700+ words
...new cases of oral cavity or pharyngeal cancer will be diagnosed in 2007, and 7,550 people die from the disease in the United States. Berkowitz said challenges presented by his artificial larynx have hardly stopped him. As a volunteer and executive director...


New Research Indicates Cigarette Makers Manipulate Menthol Levels To Attract...: Newspaper article from: Biotech Week July 30, 2008 700+ words
...young adults smoke menthol cigarettes than older people. It also emphasizes that most African-American smokers in the United States smoke menthol cigarettes (more than 70 percent as compared with about 30 percent of white smokers). "We know that menthol...


Katrina's kids: after a devastating hurricane, many young people in the United...: Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic Fanning, Karen December 12, 2005 700+ words
...Do you make new friends easily. Explain. 1. True or False? Hurricane Katrina split many families apart. (true) 2. Young smokers are more likely than adults to become addicted to what? (nicotine) 3. A recent study found that 41.4 percent of Native...


Lights, camera, smoke.(actors glamorize smoking)(Brief article): Magazine article from: Scholastic Choices September 1, 2006 700+ words
...viewers to start smoking themselves. A recent study of 6,500 kids in the United States done by doctors at Dartmouth Medical School found that 38 percent of young smokers took up the habit because they saw tobacco use in movies. The researchers...


University of Illinois Chicago Awarded $8 Million to Study Teen-Stop Smoking...: News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service April 4, 2003 700+ words
...programs across the United States and provide direction...The Helping Young Smokers Quit project...communities across the United States to help identify...methods for helping young smokers ...


The development of an advertising campaign to discourage smoking initiation...: Magazine article from: Journal of Advertising Peracchio, Laura A. Luna, David September 22, 1998 700+ words
...1990). Every day in the United States, 3,000 children and teenagers...understand the differences between young smokers' and nonsmokers' attitudes...The campaign was based on young smokers' and nonsmokers' ...


Youth tobacco use and exposure is a global problem.(U.S. Centers for Disease...: Newspaper article from: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA October 6, 2002 700+ words
...of 10 and that most young smokers want to quit. The...among students in the United States was 17.7%, which...86.7%). In the United States, 42.1% of students...a large majority of young ...


Flavors of the day: increasing popularity of flavored cigarettes help retailers...: Magazine article from: Tobacco Retailer Cox, Tracy April 1, 2005 700+ words
...not an attempt to attract young smokers. "As a responsible manufacturer...continues to grow in the United States, although at a slower pace...for clove cigarettes in the United States is young adults, aged 18...have been now ...

For more facts and information, see all results

The AccessMyLibrary advertising network includes: