The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adults and greatly increases the risk of respiratory illnesses in children and sudden infant death. Protective factors are those associated with reduced potential for drug use. Research also has shown that parents need to take a more active role in their children's lives, including talking with them about drugs, monitoring their activities, getting to know their friends, and understanding their problems and personal concerns. The School Environment - Prevention programs also focus on enhancing academic performance and strengthening students' bonding to school, by giving them a sense of identity and achievement and reducing the likelihood of their dropping out of school. USE Describe the steps that you will take to quit tobacco use or to help someone close to you to quit.
Tobacco dependence is a chronic condition that often requires repeated intervention.
However, effective treatments exist that can produce long-term or even permanent abstinence. Because effective tobacco dependence treatments are available, every patient who uses tobacco should be offered at least one of these treatments. Patients unwilling to try to quit tobacco use should be provided a brief intervention designed to increase their motivation to quit. Brief tobacco dependence treatment is effective, and every patient who uses tobacco should be offered at least brief treatment. There is a strong dose-response relation between the intensity of tobacco dependence counseling and its effectiveness.