Say Smoking No Forever

According to new research, smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of sleep disorders among children.

Reporting from Washington — Citing his own experience as a teenage smoker, President Obama on Monday predicted that a new law giving the Food and Drug Administration sweeping power to regulate tobacco will help young people avoid the smoking habit he has struggled with for years.

Herbal cigarettes don’t contain tobacco. Their ingredients are cloves, corn silk, banana skins, weeds and other herbs. In our days herbal cigarettes are imported from India and Southeast Asia and sold as natural health products in stores and online.

Some factors associated with youth tobacco use include low socioeconomic status, use and approval of tobacco use by peers or siblings, smoking by parents or guardians, accessibility, availability and price of tobacco products, a perception that tobacco use is normative, lack of parental support or involvement, low levels of academic achievement, lack of skills to [...]