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...

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