The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended that pediatricians and  other doctors get involved to try to prevent children from smoking.

“[Interventions] can be conversations, telephone counseling, video and written materials to youth and adolescents in their practices,” says Sue Curry, CPH dean and a member of the task force.

Recent studies show intervening early can help lower the chances that a young person will start smoking by almost 20 percent.

Media coverage

• “Curbing Childhood Tobacco Use” – CBS2/FOX28
• “National Task Force Formed to Tackle Smoking by Children” – CBS News
• “A Chat With The Doctor Can Help Kids Resist Smoking” – National Public Radio
• “Cigarettes and Teens” – WWL.com