Sentences with phrase «prevent youth smoking»

Minnesotans for a Smoke - Free Generation, a coalition of 50 organizations working to prevent youth smoking, is calling for the US state to pass the law restricting the sale of tobacco age to 21.

But local convenience store owners, as well as the head of the trade group that represents neighborhood convenience stores, have said the bill is «based on a flawed assumption» that the law would prevent youth smoking.

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In addition to making it harder for youth to buy tobacco for their own use, the bill is intended to prevent youth ages 18 to 20 from buying smokes for their younger friends, city Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said, calling tobacco «the world's most dangerous drug.»

«Preventing youth from initiating tobacco use and becoming nicotine dependence requires taking an upstream approach — that's why understanding the factors that influence intention to use cigarettes among youth who have never smoked cigarettes is critical in preventing the onset of tobacco use,» Preventing youth from initiating tobacco use and becoming nicotine dependence requires taking an upstream approach — that's why understanding the factors that influence intention to use cigarettes among youth who have never smoked cigarettes is critical in preventing the onset of tobacco use,» preventing the onset of tobacco use,» Dube said.

«Recent research suggests that some of them could move on to regular cigarette smoking, so it is critical that we intervene with evidence - based efforts to prevent youth from using these products.»