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Computerized Program Helps Teens Quit Smoking… Medical News Today reported that according to a new study by Deborah J. Fritz, PhD, smoking cessation programs are helping youths stop smoking. According to the CDC, 22% of high school students and 10% of middle school children smoke in America. The habit is considered an epidemic. Fritz and her co-authors report in the January-February 2008 issue of Pediatric Nursing, that the Computerized Adolescent Smoking Cessation Program (CASCP) is effective in getting teenagers to quit, inexpensive, and easily implemented in schools.

With use of this program they found that 1 month after the intervention, 20% of the experimental group quit smoking. This is a great step in the fight against tobacco. As well, this shows how well cessation programs can work. “The encouraging results show the CASCP program does work and that such programs should be implemented in schools whenever possible.”, says Fritz. Nurses play a key role in recruiting adolescents into smoking cessation programs and/or referring them to agencies such as the American Lung Association for help. view source