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Three-quarters of American adults favor raising the legal smoking age to 21

CDC: Most Americans in Favor of Raising Legal Smoking Age to 21

Even 70 percent of smokers support the concept
Adverse health behaviors in adolescence are only moderately associated with later musculoskeletal pain in adulthood

Adolescent Lifestyle Not Strongly Tied to Later Muscular Pain

Smoking, alcohol use, overweight/obesity weakly tied to later pain
From 2006 to 2010 there was an increase in antipsychotic medication use among adolescents and young adults

Antipsychotic Use Up for Teens, Young Adults From 2006 to 2010

No increase in use for those aged 1 to 12 years; males more likely to use antipsychotics than females
Obesity is associated with less frequent and less consistent contraceptive use among sexually active 18- to 19-year-old girls

Obese Teen Girls Less Likely to Use Contraception

No difference in frequency of sex according to weight status among 18- to 19-year-old girls
Migraine surgery may be an effective choice for adolescents who haven't gotten relief from standard treatment

Surgery May Help Adolescents With Frequent Migraines

Surgery should be reserved for teens whose migraines have not responded to other treatments
More than one-third of U.S. children and adolescents have been physically assaulted -- mostly by siblings and peers -- in the past year

U.S. Children Experience High Rates of Assault, Abuse

Long-term effects include poor mental and physical health, researchers say
For adolescents

In Teens, Sedentary Behavior Independently Tied to Adiposity

Correlation for TV viewing, screen time, sedentary behaviors with adiposity, independent of diet
A potentially hazardous form of marijuana use called "dabbing" is growing in popularity across the United States

Risky Pot ‘Dabbing’ Method Growing in Popularity

Fires and even explosions have been linked to this practice, experts say
Adolescents with poor glycemic control of their type 1 diabetes can benefit from therapy delivered either via face to face sessions or videoconferencing

Internet-Based Videoconference Viable for Teen T1DM Therapy

Behavioral Family Systems Therapy-Diabetes effective whether delivered face to face or via Skype
In lean adolescents and in obese adolescents with type 2 diabetes

25(OH)D Inversely Linked to Arterial Stiffness in Some Teens

Association seen in lean adolescents, obese adolescents with T2DM, but not normoglycemic teens