Teenage Smoking

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Discusses the health risks of smoking and nicotine addiction. Oklahoma as the most high-risk state. Health, human and financial costs documented by various studies. Problem of aggressive tobacco company marketing. Proposes an incentive-based learning and internalization program to reach vulnerable high schools students in one Oklahoma City country.

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"Statement of the Problem

Beckham County, Okla., faces a significant health risk from the phenomenon of teenage smoking. The most recent data available show that Oklahoma is among the most at-risk states in the country for smoking, with 46% of Oklahoma's high school students identified as smokers in 1999, compared to 36% nationally (21% in Florida) (OSBH, 2001). Some 25.2% of Oklahoma adults smoke, compared to 22% nationally.

Smoking and other uses of nicotine have been positively associated with cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, emphysema, premature births and low birthweight, and bladder, throat, and lung cancer, among other serious health problems. Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to nicotine addiction. Oklahoma's State Department of Health reports that more than ..."

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