Describe at least five societal/social factors that are associated with an increased likelihood that an adolescent or young adult will take up tobacco use. Choose one of the risk factors you identified, and suggest a way to help control its influence.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary but may include: a parent who smokes, peers who smoke, low family income, blue collar family, single parent household, poor academic performance, positive attitudes about smoking, influence of tobacco advertising.

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