Teens in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to smoke, but it depends on whether they live in rural or urban areas.

Study: Neighborhood Disadvantage and Adolescent Substance Use: Differences by Urbanicity and Substance Type (DOI: 10.15288/jsad.25-00368)Teens in ...

Just about every teen tries cigarettes, vaping, chewing tobacco or snuff, so don’t despair! That’s because, alongside all the warnings and campaigns, there are subtle messages that smoking is edgy and ...

The teen's receptivity to his parent's attitude and communication about teenage smoking, and about his/her particular smoking, was directly affected by whether the parent smoked currently, or in the ...

Smoking rates among adults have declined in Aotearoa New Zealand over recent decades, from 18% smoking regularly in 2011/12 to 8% in 2023/24. However, marked inequities persist for Māori and Pacific ...