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How Smoking and Vaping in Media Influence Youth Tobacco Use

A new study released by the Truth Initiative reveals that the majority of young peoples’ top-watched TV shows and movies feature smoking, vaping, and other tobacco-related imagery. The report states that nearly 60% of young people’s top streaming and broadcast season releases featured smoking. Nearly 27 million youth were exposed to this tobacco imagery.[1] Movies …

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How Families Can Support Loved Ones in Recovery

More than 23 million Americans have struggled with drug abuse at some point in their lives and more than 14.5 million have an alcohol use disorder.[1,2] Each and every one of these individuals has family, friends, or other loved ones who have been deeply affected by their substance abuse. Sadly, very few people who struggle …

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Digging Deeper: 8 Reasons Children & Teens Get Mixed Up with Prescription Drugs

It may start innocently enough. Perhaps a child sees their parent regularly grab a couple of tablets from a prescription pill bottle and gets curious. Maybe a classmate dares a teen to down a mystery capsule and the teen doesn’t want to be labelled a chicken. It could be that an adolescent is bored and …

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The Connection Between Smoking Tobacco, COPD, Lung Cancer, and Tobacco-Related Deaths

November is the awareness month for both lung cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)–two life-threatening health conditions that can make breathing difficult by compromising the integrity of the lungs. The lungs are important organs in the human body. They transfer oxygen into the bloodstream, supplying oxygen to your entire body. Without your lungs, you …

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At-Home Alcohol Delivery: A New Avenue for Underage Drinking

Delivery services have become an integral part of many people’s lives. Between Amazon Prime, UberEats, Doordash, and Instacart, people can get almost anything delivered right to their front door. And, with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people at home more and away from busy stores, more and more industries are moving towards a business model that …

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Steps Schools Can Take to Prevent and Reduce Teen Vaping

According to the National Institute of Health’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey, 11.7% of 12th graders reported vaping nicotine on a daily basis, and 25.5% reported vaping nicotine in the past month.[1] As vaping continues to become a widespread issue in middle and high schools across the nation, parents, communities, and schools alike are looking …

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