Improving education may cut smoking in youth
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
Although low socio-economic status is associated with an increased liability to smoke, performing well at school can mitigate this effect. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal for Equity in Health, has shown that high-achieving schoolchildren, even those from poor backgrounds, are less likely to smoke...