Cigarette smoking as an alternative to screened drugs : why juvenile probationers smoke more

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Purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which probation may be associated with excessive cigarette use among at-risk adolescents. More than 80% of male and female adolescent smokers enrolled in an alternate high school, believed that juvenile probation led to an increase in smoking.

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Comment: This article also stated that the increase in tobacco use was because their Department of Juvenile Probation did not analyze nicotine for urinalysis. Would cessation programs be beneficial to help this group quit smoking?