Tobacco the Deadly Drug: Teenagers and Tobacco

Statistics about teens and smoking have caused concern among parents and health-care providers. Many reports seemed to place the blame for teen smoking on peer and media influence. But are they the only causes?
The short answer: no. As readers of Teenagers and Tobacco: Nicotine and the Adolescent Brain will discover, there is a relationship between how the adolescent brain works and the way it is affected by nicotine. The author explains how the adolescent brain differs from the adult brain, then goes on to discuss how those differences make teen smoking unique.
Teenagers and Tobacco: Nicotine and the Adolescent Brain also gives readers insight into how smoking cessation programs for teens shoudl be structured to take into account the way the teeange brain functions. Teens are not just younger versions of adults. What works for adults probably won't work for teens.