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Article: Understanding teen attitudes critical in battle against smoking
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- The Hindustan Times
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- March 19, 2008
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Washington, March 19 -- If anti-smoking health campaigns are to be effective, teen attitudes to the habit need to be re-examined, according to Hunter researchers.
Researchers from the Centre for Health Research and Psycho-oncology (CHeRP) based their conclusions about adolescent smoking and peer pressure, sales-to-minor laws, and young people's views on nicotine addiction on the review of 78 international studies.
Flora Tzelepis from CHeRP said the review concentrated on information from focus groups and interviews with young people.
"In relation to peer pressure, teenagers rarely identify bullying or teasing as coercive ...