Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Public Health Essay

Wagner, Eric F. Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents. New York: The Haworth Press,
Inc.,2000.print.

Contents:
Introduction 1


Developing Treatment for Tabacco
Addicted Youth Issues and Challenge 5

Are Adolescent Smokers Addicted
To Nicotine 27

A Critical Evaluaion of Nicotine Replacement
Therapy for Teenage Smokers 51

A Smoking Intervention for Substance
Abusing Adolescents: Outcomes, Predictors
of Cessation Attempts, and Post-Treatment
Sbstance Use 77

Smoking Among Teenage Girls 93

Index 111


Summary:
Tabbacco is primarily used by the youth in today's soceity. Youth such as 18 year old's regret attempting to smoke know he/she is addicted , atleast 2/3 of 18 year old's. NRT is a very important term as well as treatment , it is known to be the Nicotine Replacement Theorpy. Some important NRT's are the nicotine patch, nicotine gum, nicotine inhaler and nasal spray. Nicotine is quite addictive, making it hard for the user to depart from after using the substance for long periods of time. The issue of addressing alcohol, tabbacco, & nicotine dependence has been under attention for over a decacade.

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