Article: Tool to Identify Adolescent Cigarette Smoking Risk
February 22, 2019 Link: https://www.publichealthpost.org/research/a-screening-tool-to-identify-adolescents-at-risk-of-cigarette-smoking-initiation/ Cigarette smoking typically begins in adolescence. The younger the age of initiation, the greater the risk of daily smoking, heavy cigarette consumption, nicotine dependence and difficulty quitting. Pediatricians and family practitioners are important sources of preventive counseling, but the lack of a screening tool to rapidly identify which adolescents need tobacco […]
School Health Services Update: January 18th, 2019
Dear Colleagues, With an impending snow storm looming for the coming weekend, I hope you – and all the children you serve – find yourselves in a warm, dry and safe home. We look forward to seeing many of our at the regional meetings in the west, southeast and northeast next week! Several issues have […]