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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions

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Systematic Review

Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Last Reviewed: April 2020

Workgroups: Adolescent Health Workgroup, Tobacco Use Workgroup

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends offering interventions to prevent tobacco use in school-aged children and adolescents who haven’t used tobacco before. These interventions can include education and different types of brief counseling. USPSTF found insufficient evidence to assess whether the benefits of these interventions outweigh the harms for children and adolescents who already use tobacco.

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Objectives related to this resource (7)

Reduce current tobacco use in adolescents — TU‑04
LHI label
Getting worse
Reduce current e-cigarette use in adolescents — TU‑05
Little or no detectable change
Reduce current cigarette smoking in adolescents — TU‑06
Target met or exceeded
Reduce current cigar smoking in adolescents — TU‑07
Improving
Reduce current use of smokeless tobacco products among adolescents — TU‑08
Target met or exceeded
Reduce current use of flavored tobacco products in adolescents who use tobacco — TU‑09
Baseline only
Eliminate cigarette smoking initiation in adolescents and young adults — TU‑10
Improving

Suggested Citation

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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2020). Final Recommendation Statement: Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions. Retrieved from https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-and-nicotine-use-prevention-in-children-and-adolescents-primary-care-interventions