The risk profile of the American adolescent smoker has changed

Today's adolescent smokers are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, risky alcohol-related behaviors, and to not use a seatbelt or bicycle helmet than adolescent smokers in the early 1990s. Dr. Jonathan Klein and colleagues at the University of Rochester School of Medicine suggest that doctors screen adolescents who smoke for other risky behaviors, and that adolescents may benefit from multifaceted prevention programs that target both smoking and other risky behaviors.

To read the full article:
Camenga, DR, Klein, JD, & Roy, J. (2006). The changing risk profile of the American adolescent smoker: implications for prevention programs and tobacco interventions. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(1), 120-10.

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