Teen tobacco use hits new low, but advocates sound alarm on flavored vapes

The FDA released results of the 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey this past week.  In total, about two million kids reported ...
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Adolescents who smoke or vape may believe tobacco’s perceived coping benefits outweigh accepted health risks

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many parents are unaware of their adolescents' tobacco use. Naveen Asaithambi/iStock via Getty Images Plus Tobacco use in a ...

Teens' attitudes toward smoking are shaped more by dad's habits than mom's

A new study from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln sheds light on how parental smoking shapes adolescents' attitudes and use ...

Adolescents Frequently Exposed to Smoking Scenes in Media Show Permissive Attitudes Toward Smoking

A study has found that adolescents who frequently see smoking scenes in the media are more likely to have a permissive attitude toward smoking. Accord ...
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Adolescent tobacco and e-cigarette use tied to increased depression and anxiety, especially with dual use

Adolescents who use either e-cigarettes or conventional tobacco products (CTP)—like cigarettes, cigars, hookah and pipes—are significantly more likely to report symptoms of depression and anxiety than ...
Nature

Adolescent nicotine exposure induces long-term, sex-specific disturbances in mood and anxiety-related behavioral, neuronal and molecular phenotypes in the mesocorticolimbic system

The majority of lifetime smokers begin using nicotine during adolescence, a critical period of brain development wherein neural circuits critical for mood, affect and cognition are vulnerable to ...
Medscape

Recent Findings on Peer Group Influences on Adolescent Smoking

To what Extent does Peer Group Smoking Predict Adolescent Smoking? The tendency for adolescent peer group members to share common characteristics such as smoking, termed alternatively as peer group ...
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Impact of Substance Use Policies on Adolescent Tobacco and Cannabis Use

The substance use policy landscape has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. Tobacco use policies have strengthened through increasing taxes and the enactment of smoke-free legislation as well ...

Parents who smoke might be driving one addictive teen habit, study finds

A new study has highlighted the important role parents, and more specifically fathers, play in shaping their kids attitude to ...
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Study shows few adolescents report sustained cigarette smoking after initiation, regardless of baseline e-cigarette use

A study first-authored by Ruoyan Sun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the UAB School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Organization was recently published in the Journal of the American ...
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Tobacco, Alcohol, Cannabis: Are Europe’s Teens Using Less?

Substance use among 16-year-olds in France has fallen sharply over the past decade, according to findings from the 2024 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD). The data ...