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Teen smoking-cessation programs needed
Respiratory Care Weekly, November 29, 2006
There's no good way to help teens quit smoking, according to a review of studies in the December Cochrane Library roundup of smoking-cessation research. This is because so many resources get devoted to prevention that the healthcare system has yet to develop solid cessation practices, researchers said. According to statistics, 33% of smokers take their first puff by age 14, and 90% before age 21.
"There is not yet sufficient evidence to test the effectiveness of smoking-cessation programs for adolescents, although some approaches show promise," according to review authors led by Gill Grimshaw at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.
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