Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine

Authors

Brian P. Jenssen, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Susan C. Walley, Children's National Hospital, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.
Rachel Boykan, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, New York.
Alice Little Caldwell, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia.
Deepa Camenga, Pediatrics and Public Health, Yale Program in Addiction Medicine, Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

5-1-2023

Journal

Pediatrics

Volume

151

Issue

5

DOI

10.1542/peds.2023-061804

Abstract

Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease and death for adults in the United States. Significant strides have been made in reducing rates of cigarette smoking among adolescents in the United States. However, rates of e-cigarette and similar device use among youth are high, and rates of other tobacco product use, such as cigars and hookahs, have not declined. Public policy actions to protect children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine use, as well as tobacco smoke and aerosol exposure, have proven effective in reducing harm. Effective public health approaches need to be both extended to include e-cigarettes, similar devices, and other and emerging tobacco products and expanded to reduce the toll that the tobacco epidemic takes on children and adolescents.

APA Citation

Jenssen, Brian P.; Walley, Susan C.; Boykan, Rachel; Little Caldwell, Alice; and Camenga, Deepa, "Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine" (2023). GW Authored Works. Paper 2978.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/2978

Department

Pediatrics