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Tobacco & Nicotine
Articles in this collection address important topics in tobacco and nicotine use, including smoking policy, smoking prevention program evaluation, trends in nicotine use, public health costs of tobacco-related diseases, and the sociodemographic and economic factors that influence smoking behavior.
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Strategies to Reduce Youth Tobacco Use: Opportunities for Local Government
American Journal of Preventive MedicineVol. 47Issue 2SupplementS93–S94Published in issue: August, 2014- Susan M. Kansagra
Cited in Scopus: 2This issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine examines factors associated with youth tobacco use–a timely topic given that this year is the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General’s Report on Tobacco. In 1960, the outlook was grim. The probability that a boy born in 1960 would be smoking by the time he was 20 years old was about 35%.1 After more than a dozen Surgeon General’s Reports describing the health consequences of tobacco use, the youth smoking rate in 1991 was still 27.5%. - DiscussionOpen Access
Adapting to a Changing Tobacco Landscape: Research Implications for Understanding and Reducing Youth Tobacco Use
American Journal of Preventive MedicineVol. 47Issue 2SupplementS87–S89Published in issue: August, 2014- Robin J. Mermelstein
Cited in Scopus: 25Patterns of youth tobacco use in the U.S. are becoming increasingly complex with the greater availability, marketing, and promotion of a diverse set of tobacco products. Using data from the 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), the series of papers in this issue present a multifaceted examination of the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the diversity of tobacco products with a nationally representative sample of middle and high school students. Taken together, these papers represent one of the most comprehensive pictures of adolescent tobacco use in the U.S. - DiscussionOpen Access
Teen Tobacco Use: Research and Regulatory Gaps
American Journal of Preventive MedicineVol. 47Issue 2SupplementS90–S92Published in issue: August, 2014- James D. Sargent
Cited in Scopus: 3Cigarettes are the greatest single threat to public health in the U.S.1 and worldwide.2 The good news is that teen cigarette smoking has been trending down in recent years.3 The bad news is that teen use of other tobacco products may be taking up the slack. - DiscussionOpen Access
Enhancing Youth Tobacco Surveillance to Inform Tobacco Product Regulation: Findings from the 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey
American Journal of Preventive MedicineVol. 47Issue 2SupplementS1–S3Published in issue: August, 2014- Benjamin J. Apelberg
- Cathy L. Backinger
- Susan J. Curry
Cited in Scopus: 3Decreasing youth tobacco use is a significant public health priority. In the U.S., nearly one in 15 middle school students and one in four high school students were current tobacco users in 2012,1 and 5.6 million youth aged under 18 years today are projected to die prematurely from smoking-related disease.2 The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), signed into law on June 22, 2009, amended the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) to provide the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the authority to regulate the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products to protect public health.
