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Children's addiction to nicotine from cigarette smoking, smokeless tobacco chew , cigars, hookahs water pipes , and vaping using e-cigarettes is a major public health problem. If your child or teen has already begun to use tobacco, the following steps can help him or her to stop:. Your support will help us continue to produce and distribute Facts for Families , as well as other vital mental health information, free of charge.

A representative sample of men and women aged 50 to 65 years living in a northern California community were interviewed to examine factors related to gender differences in quit rates in this age group. In this well-educated community, a significantly greater percentage of women Multivariate analysis revealed educational level and marital status, rather than gender, to be significant, independent factors associated both with current cigarette use and with successful quitting. Our data indicate that it is not being female per se, but rather the disparities in educational level and marital status that are linked with being an older woman, that are associated with continued smoking in this age group.