Scituate FACTS held its annual Power of Prevention Summit with a keynote presentation from Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, a leading researcher from Stanford Medicine's REACH Lab. The topic was The Teen Brain focusing on teaching science-backed skills that empower individuals to prevent or reduce substance use in kids and teens.

America’s teenagers are distressed coming out of the pandemic, reporting record levels of sadness and suicide risk, according to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

Oral nicotine pouches might be less harmful than smoking, but that doesn’t make them safe. When John,* 43, first heard about Zyn from a friend a couple years ago, it struck him as...

by Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher   (NAPSI)—As a parent, researcher, and professor of adolescent medicine at Stanford University, I know first-hand how important it is to keep vapes out of the …

Before coronavirus, pulmonologists, pediatricians and parents were busy battling a different nationwide health crisis: the “epidemic” of teen vaping. Last year...

Sixty people have died nationwide as of Jan. 21 this year from vaping, and more than 2,700 have been hospitalized for severe lung damage linked to vaping, a national expert told members of...

Even though e-cigarette manufacturers often describe their products as intended to help long-term cigarette smokers quit the habit — and push back on allegations that they’ve marketed to teenagers...

The CDC has activated its Emergency Operations Center to investigate illnesses linked to vaping that claimed the lives of seven people. NBC’s Vicky Nguyen takes a closer look at the vaping devices and why their many forms make them easy to mask the habit...

No matter what Juul says, it has created the vaping epidemic among teens and adolescents by marketing to them and downplaying the risk of nicotine addiction...

Teen vaping is on the rise, and schools are searching for solutions, with some taking disciplinary action or installing vape detectors in bathrooms...

Teens are struggling to recognize the addictive potential of Juul e-cigarettes, a product that appeals to youth, according to a team of Stanford researchers...