This report focuses on the vulnerable adolescent ages of 10 through 18 when most users start smoking, chewing, or dipping & become addicted to tobacco. It examines the health effects of early smoking & smokeless tobacco use, the reasons that young men & women begin using tobacco, the extent to which they use tobacco, tobacco advertising & promotional activities (history of cigarette advertising to the young); & efforts to prevent tobacco use by young people (public opinion; educational efforts; & public policies). Charts, tables & graphs. Glossary. Index.

Many children's behavioral problems have multiple causes, and most children with one problem behavior also have others. The co-occurence and interrelatedness of risk factors and problem behavior is certainly an important area of research. This volume recognizes the complexity of the developmental processes that influence coping and resilience and the roles sociocultural factors play. The contributors focus on four themes that have emerged in the study of risk and coping over the past decade: interrelatedness of risk and problems, individual variability in resilience and susceptibility to stress, processes and mechanisms linking multiple stressors to multiple outcomes, and interventions and prevention. Psychologists, pediatricians, and others involved in the research or care of children will take great interest in this text.