Despite all we know about the dangers of tobacco use, new products are constantly entering the market and luring teens into using them. Social media glamorization, peer pressure and misunderstanding ...
Marijuana vaping by school-aged youth doubled between 2013 and 2020, a new study found, with reported use within the last 30 days rising seven-fold during the same time period. Marijuana vaping by ...
While the dangers of cigarettes are well-known, more teens today are reaching for e-cigarettes, believing they’re a safer choice. About 1.6 million students now use vapes regularly. And experts say ...
The percentage of high school seniors who say they vaped nicotine in the past 30 days nearly doubled this year, a dramatic increase that federal officials want to curb with new rules and restrictions.
Editor's note: This article originally appeared on UNC Health Care's HealthTalk blog. Smoking cigarettes has long been symbolic of teenage rebellion. But today, kids are more likely to be caught in a ...
Using nicotine and marijuana is dangerous at any age, especially for teenagers whose brains are still developing. Newsday's story this week about vaping in schools is a reminder that education, health ...
A new outpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment center designed to help teens reset, rebuild and recover opened in Dickson City. NextGen Counseling, 1332 Main St., serves adolescents, ...
This is Quitting was developed by Truth Initiative, a nonprofit focused on ending tobacco use, as a free and anonymous text messaging program to help young people quit vaping. Before this study — ...
"Kindness Tunnels" will be set up at Chambersburg elementary schools to promote positivity. The initiative is led by Teens for a Better Tomorrow, a group focused on preventing teen vaping and ...
This article is published in partnership with WIRED. It was in physical education class when Laila Gutierrez swapped out self-harm for a new vice. The freshman from Phoenix had long struggled with ...
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) Lungs of teenagers need protection, not pollution from vapes, medical experts have stressed while highlighting the dangers of vaping and the emergence of new-age gateway devices ...
A Harvard addiction medicine specialist is getting calls from distraught parents around the country. A Stanford psychologist is getting calls from rattled school officials around the world. A federal ...