Counsel adolescents on health risks

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Implications for nurse practitioners who counsel adolescents on health risks related to smoking are based on current research that concludes: Early cigarette initiation age often results in adult nicotine dependency and is associated with other risk behaviors Cigarette use frequently decreases as the grade in school increases Adolescent males are more likely to report cigarette use in the past thirty days Pregnant adolescent females are less likely to smoke during pregnancy than adult women.

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