MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996 Nov 8;45(44):971-4.
On August 23, 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a regulation restricting the sale and distribution of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to children and teenagers to reduce the number of youth who use these products and to reduce the life-threatening consequences associated with tobacco use. Despite widespread efforts to educate U.S. youths about the health consequences associated with smoking, the prevalence of smoking among this group has been increasing since 1992. To assess the need for continued public health efforts to prevent nicotine addiction, CDC used a model including data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to project the future impact of smoking on the health of children and teenagers. This report presents the findings of the analysis, which indicate that, if current tobacco-use patterns persist, an estimated 5 million persons who were aged 0-17 years in 1995 will die prematurely from a smoking-related illness.
1996年8月23日，美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）发布一项规定，限制向儿童和青少年销售及分销香烟和无烟烟草，以减少使用这些产品的青少年人数，并降低与烟草使用相关的危及生命的后果。尽管为使美国青少年了解吸烟对健康的影响做出了广泛努力，但自1992年以来，该群体中的吸烟率一直在上升。为评估继续开展公共卫生工作以预防尼古丁成瘾的必要性，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）使用了一个包含行为风险因素监测系统（BRFSS）数据的模型，来预测吸烟对儿童和青少年健康的未来影响。本报告展示了分析结果，结果表明，如果当前的烟草使用模式持续下去，估计在1995年年龄在0至17岁之间的500万人将因吸烟相关疾病而过早死亡。
