A nurse tailors smoking cessation and smoking prevention activities toward teenagers because the nurse knows:

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Smoking in adolescence is a very powerful predictor of smoking as an adult.School assemblies do create captive audiences, but they may not all be listening.Teenagers are not necessarily more amenable to health-related messages; they may in fact be less willing to listen because of their sense of invincibility.Health risks from smoking accumulate over time, so they are much worse the longer one smokes.

A Nurse Tailors Smoking Cessation and Smoking Prevention Activities Toward