Teens | Appalachian Wellness

FDA launches new, comprehensive campaign to warn kids about the dangers of e-cigarette use as part of agency’s Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan, amid evidence of sharply rising use among kids

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm620788.htm Comment; Am glad to see that the FDA is also taking this approach and using social media to do so, reaching the youth at their level. In the latest of a series of actions to address the epidemic...

The Opioid Epidemic Needs A Strategy For Teens

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/08/29/the-opioid-epidemic-needs-a-strategy-for-teens Dr. Scott Hadland, Dr. Sarah Bagley closemore Shortly after President Trump declared the opioid overdose crisis a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and...

Tobacco Use in Top-Grossing Movies — United States, 2010–2016

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6626a1.htm Michael A. Tynan1; Jonathan R. Polansky2; Kori Titus3; Renata Atayeva3; Stanton A. Glantz, PhD4 (View author affiliations) View suggested citation Summary What is already known about this topic? The Surgeon General...