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Individual Differences in Decisionmaking Style May Predict Teen Problems

Reports on the relative influence of genes versus environment on adolescents’ choices that involve delayed gratification.

Program Helps Troubled Boys Reduce Substance Abuse

Chronically delinquent boys in Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care reduced their substance abuse more than boys assigned to Community Group Care.

Financial Strain Hinders Smoking Cessation

Helping smokers deal with financial problems could improve their chances of staying abstinent after receiving treatment, according to a new study. Participants with the most financial strain had the least success in remaining abstinent.

Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens

Cigarette and alcohol use by eighth, 10th and 12th-graders are at their lowest point since the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey began polling teenagers in 1975, according to this year's survey results.


El tabaco

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Debido al consumo de cigarrillos y otros productos de tabaco, la nicotina es una de las drogas adictivas de mayor uso y la principal causa prevenible de enfermedades, discapacidad y muerte en los Estados Unidos. El hábito de fumar es responsable del 90% de los casos de cáncer de pulmón en este país y casi 50,000 muertes al año se pueden atribuir a la inhalación pasiva del humo. En la mayoría de los estados, los cigarrillos y el tabaco de mascar son sustancias ilegales para las personas menores de 18 años.

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NIH study examines nicotine as a gateway drug

A landmark study in mice identifies a biological mechanism that could help explain how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, increasing a person’s future likelihood of abusing cocaine and perhaps other drugs as well, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Nat


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Drugs: Shatter the Myths

Answers teens’ most frequently asked questions about drugs and abuse with scientific facts and engaging images.

Impresa en: octubre del 2010
Actualizada en: abril del 2011
Autor: Array


Learn more at NIDA's National Drug Facts Week site »

Adicción al tabaco

Proporciona información sobre cómo la nicotina afecta al corazón, alterando la frecuencia cardiaca y la presión arterial. También habla sobre la dependencia, el tratamiento y los efectos a largo plazo debido al uso de la nicotina.

Impresa en: enero del 2006
Autor: Array


Lea esta publicación en el sitio web del NIDA para adolescentes »

Tobacco Addiction

Describes how nicotine acts on the heart to change heart rate and blood pressure, and discusses dependency, treatment, and effects of long-term nicotine use.

Impresa en: enero del 1998
Autor: Array


Read this publication online at the NIDA for Teens Web site »

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