​Programs That Provide Adolescents with Information About the Risks of Smoking

question 43

Multiple Choice

​Programs that provide adolescents with information about the risks of smoking

• A) ​deter smoking for older teenagers but not for younger ones.
• B) ​are more successful than programs for smoking cessation.
• C) ​are effective if the messages include graphic images of diseased lungs.
• D) ​have little effect because adolescents do not attend to health warnings.

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