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.2023-061806

Abstract

This technical report provides the evidence base for the accompanying tobacco clinical report and policy statement. It builds on, strengthens, and expands AAP recommendations from the previous version in 2015. Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease and death for adults in the United States. The tobacco epidemic takes a substantial toll on children's and adolescent's health, including harms because of prenatal exposure during pregnancy, secondhand and thirdhand exposure during infancy and childhood, and/or direct use during adolescence. Tobacco and nicotine use almost always starts in childhood or adolescence. Almost 40% of children aged 3 to 11 years are regularly exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, and rates of secondhand exposure to e-cigarette aerosol have increased over the last decade.

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 2979.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/2979

Department

Pediatrics