Sunday Suzanne R, Folan Patricia
Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, 400 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Med Clin North Am. 2004 Nov;88(6):1495-515, xi. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2004.06.006.
Approximately 4400 adolescents try their first cigarette every day in the United States. Trying a few cigarettes or using tobacco more regularly as an adolescent significantly increases the risk of smoking in adulthood. Adolescents can develop nicotine dependency after smoking relatively few cigarettes. This article points out the prevalence and unique aspects of teenage tobacco use. In addition, current recommendations for treating nicotine dependence in adolescents are reviewed.
