Adolescents' Perceived Risk of Harm Due to Smoking: The role of extracurricular activities.

Conclusion: Adolescents who are not involved in extracurricular activities are more likely to endorse the perception that cigarettes have no/slight risk of harm. School-based extracurricular activities may provide unintended benefits to adolescents; health care professionals, including dental hygienists, should be aware of this associated health benefit. PMID: 32753524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Journal of Dental Hygiene - Category: Dentistry Tags: J Dent Hyg Source Type: research