Preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults : a report of the Surgeon General : executive summary.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--Tobacco use--United States--Prevention.

Teenagers.

Young adults--Tobacco use--United States--Prevention.

Young adults.

Smoking--United States--Prevention.

Smoking.

Smoking Prevention.

Adolescent.

United States.

Smoking--Prevention.

Teenagers--Tobacco use--Prevention.

Medical Subjects:

Smoking Prevention.

Adolescent.

United States.

Genre:

Statistics

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 11 pages)

Other Title:

Report of the Surgeon General

Place of Publication:

Rockville, MD. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General, 2012.

Summary:

This Surgeon General's report details the causes and the consequences of tobacco use among youth and young adults by focusing on the social, environmental, advertising, and marketing influences that encourage youth and young adults to initiate and sustain tobacco use. This is the first time tobacco data on young adults as a discrete population have been explored in detail. The report also highlights successful strategies to prevent young people from using tobacco.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 28, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 8-11).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults. Executive summary

OCLC:

797017428

Access Restriction:

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