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Article: Teen Smoking: Understanding the Risk.(Review)
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- Science Activities
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- September 22, 1998
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Teen Smoking: Understanding the Risk. Daniel McMillan. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow. 1998. 128 pp. $18.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 0-89490-722-0.
Teen Smoking: Understanding the Risk is a textbook that covers the history of smoking, the reasons people smoke, the health risks of smoking, the cost of smoking, at-risk populations, attempts at preventing smoking, and programs to help people stop smoking. The author's sources are government reports and scholarly research about smoking. The information is current, accurate, and descriptive. Eighty-nine footnotes and an index are included.
McMillan has a bachelor's degree in journalism and has written several books on ...