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 […]