Mission Statement

The mission of re:TH!NK, the Lakeshore Tobacco Prevention Network, is to improve the health of our residents by reducing tobacco use and exposure through prevention strategies which include community outreach and involvement to move policy forward collaboratively, across our multi-jurisdictional area.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Youth Smoking Rates Related to Tobacco-Retailer Location

A study that appears in the Nov. American Journal of Public Health found that youth experimental smoking is related to proximity of tobacco outlets near high schools in urban areas. To read the abstract of article, click the link below.

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/11/2006?etoc

OR check out the summary put together by CADCA: http://www.cadca.org/category/drug-type/tobacco
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