Background Most tobacco control programmes for adolescents are based around prevention
of uptake, but teenage smoking is still common. It is unclear if interventions that are effective …

Tobacco use and tobacco smoke exposure are among the most important preventable
causes of premature disease, disability, and death and therefore constitute a major pediatric …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a school nurse–delivered smoking-cessation
intervention in increasing abstinence among adolescent smokers. METHODS: Thirty-five …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND This study investigates the extent to which friendship network,
family relations, and school context are related to adolescent cigarette smoking. Friendship …

Objective To summarize findings from qualitative studies on factors associated with smoking
cessation among adolescents and young adults. Data sources We searched Pubmed …

The prevalence and pervasive nature of technology has fundamentally changed how
individuals interact. Social networking has significantly altered communication and …

Waterpipe (hookah, narghile) tobacco smoking (WTS) is becoming prevalent worldwide and
is one of the most popular forms of tobacco use among youth. WTS prevalence has …

Purpose. Despite evidence that adolescents become addicted to nicotine even after limited
use, adolescents believe they can experiment with or smoke cigarettes for a few years and …

Objectives The use of mobile technology for smoking cessation holds promise for
adolescents, who do not typically access traditional treatments, but most are not grounded in …

Background: This pilot study conducted a preliminary examination of whether Cognitive Bias
Modification (CBM), a computerized task to retrain cognitive-approach biases towards …