AAP calls on pediatricians, policymakers to curtail youth tobacco, nicotine use. AAP는 소아과 의사, 정책 입안자들에게 청소년 담배와 니코틴 사용을 줄이도록 촉구합니다.

Tobacco use — the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the U.S. —  almost always starts in childhood or adolescence.

The tobacco epidemic takes a substantial toll on the health of all pediatric populations, including infants, children, adolescents and young adults, and the harm begins in utero. Pediatric clinicians can take various evidence-based clinical and policy approaches to protect families from the harms of tobacco, and they are uniquely positioned to help them live tobacco-free lives.