Teen Smoking
Nicotine Withdrawal
Nicotine withdrawal can be a difficult phase to overcome when trying to quit smoking.
Influence of Smoking depicted in movies, on teens
Various studies have confirmed that movies depicting smoking by celluloid heroes encourage children to smoke. Public mobilization is required to work to eliminate smoking (which kills more than half its regular users) from movies especially intended for children, teens and general audiences.
How do we Prevent Adolescent Smoking ?
The ultimate responsibility of parents is to provide a positive role model for our children. If they see us smoke than we have no high ground from which we can advise them of the perils of smoking. If you are or were a smoker and you practiced your bad habit in front of your children, then they are really conditioned to take up the habit even before peer group pressure invites them to join in.
Smoking in Films As Cool As in the 50s
Why nearly half of all teenage smokers in the US try cigarettes can be linked to on-screen smoking, leading the researchers to call for an adult rating for all films that depict tobacco use.
Smoking in movies linked to children lighting up
Smoking on screen has a serious influence on whether or not teenagers take up the habit, according to a new study in the Lancet, a medical journal.
Bollywood Blamed for Teenage Smoking
India's lavish and gushingly romantic Bollywood movies may be the world's most watched but they are also, it now appears, bad for your health. Three out of four films produced by India's prolific film industry over the past decade show their stars smoking, according to a new World Health...
The ultimate responsibility of parents is to provide a positive role model for our children. If they see us smoke than we have no high ground from which we can advise them of the perils of smoking. If you are or were a smoker and you practiced your bad habit in front of your children, then they are really conditioned to take up the habit even before peer group pressure invites them to join in.
Smoking in Films As Cool As in the 50s
Why nearly half of all teenage smokers in the US try cigarettes can be linked to on-screen smoking, leading the researchers to call for an adult rating for all films that depict tobacco use.
Smoking in movies linked to children lighting up
Smoking on screen has a serious influence on whether or not teenagers take up the habit, according to a new study in the Lancet, a medical journal.
Bollywood Blamed for Teenage Smoking
India's lavish and gushingly romantic Bollywood movies may be the world's most watched but they are also, it now appears, bad for your health. Three out of four films produced by India's prolific film industry over the past decade show their stars smoking, according to a new World Health...