Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on February 28, 2007
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008 33(2):111-112; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsl057
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Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure of Children and Youth with Serious Chronic Illness: Establishing an Agenda for Research and Action
1Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, 2Child Development and Behavior Branch, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and 3Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD
All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Michele Bloch, MD, PHD, Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 4036, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7337, Bethesda, MD 20892-7337. blochm@mail.nih.gov
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The United States is home to 73 million children under the age of 18 years (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2006
). In 2005, 9.3% of 8th graders, 14.9% of 10th graders, and 23.2% of 12th graders had smoked in the past month. (Johnston, OMalley, Bachman, & Schulenberg, 2006
). Between 28% and 42% of children live with one or more adults who smoke