Combating Teen Smoking: Research and Policy Strategies

Peter D Jacobson, Paula M Lantz, Kenneth E Warner, Jeffrey Wasserman, Harold A Pollack, Alexis K Ahlstrom

University of Michigan Press, £14, pp 299 ISBN 0 472 06771 0

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Long gone are the days when it was naively believed that a school lesson about the health risks of tobacco would prevent children from becoming smokers. A comprehensive approach is now needed. This book shows how to implement a strategy, as well as reviewing research evidence on the effectiveness, or otherwise, of various approaches.

While this is not the first book on the subject, …