This PedsCases note provides a one-page overview on smoking prevention and cessation, including the consequences of smoking, factors contributing to smoking intiation and interventions. It was created by Vaishvi Patel and Ronan Noble, medical students at the University of Alberta with the help of Dr. Jackie Lee, a pediatrician at the University of Alberta. 

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References

1. Canadian Paediatric Society. "Smoking Cessation in Children and Youth." Canadian Paediatric Society, 2019, https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/smoking-cessation.

2. Canadian Paediatric Society. "Preventing Smoking in Children and Adolescents." Canadian Paediatric Society, 2021, https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/preventing-smoking#ref30.

3. Counotte, Danielle S et al. “Development of the motivational system during adolescence, and its sensitivity to disruption by nicotine.” Developmental cognitive neuroscience vol. 1,4 (2011): 430-43. https://doi.org/d10.1016/j.dcn.2011.05.010.

4. Lydon, D. M., Wilson, S. J., Child, A., & Geier, C. F. (2014). Adolescent brain maturation and smoking: what we know and where we're headed. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 45, 323–342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.07.003.