Straight Talk for Teens

Tobacco

Stepdad’s smoke permeates small apartment

Editor’s Web Note: To all teens who smoke: Quit now. Not only is it easier when you’re young, but today’s letter could be written about you in a few short years. Do you think “Stepdad” ever saw this…

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Boyfriend smokes in girl’s bedroom—yuck!

Editor’s Web Note: This is an easy question compared to situations where it’s a parent or stepparent who insists on smoking indoors. “Smoked-Out” has the authority figure of the house on her side, she just needs to…

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Smoking hookah: Yes, it’s tobacco

Editor’s Web Note: The back-story to this column is that I took a research field trip to a hookah bar with Lennon, Laura, and Dominic, three of the local college-aged panelists. Wow, candy-flavored tobacco really is tasty and it really…

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Heroin-laced cigarettes lead to deadly addiction

Editor’s Web Note: Drug rehabilitation experts are warning about a major heroin-addiction epidemic in this country in the next few years. Actually, it’s already begun. The current trend on high school and college campuses of…

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Joe Camel no longer Joe Cool

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Cigarette tax will stimulate black market

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Butt out of smoker’s plan to quit

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