Teen use of Tobacco
Tobacco use is started and established primarily during adolescence.
TRUE
Mental Health does not affect children from 14-18.
An estimated 160,000 U.S. children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students.
True
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov
Fewer students in grade 12 who have college plans reported using marijuana in the past 30 days than students who have no college plans.
Most teens use snapchat more than instagram or twitter.
Fact.
Teens overwhelmingly choose Snapchat as their main social media site
E-cigarettes are safer than cigarettes.
False
Data out today in Pediatrics finds that teens who used e-cigarettes had up to three times greater amounts of five volatile organic compounds (carcinogens) in their urine compared to teens who did not use e-cigarettes at all. Teens using fruit flavored e-cigarette products, often the preferred choices for teens, produced significantly higher levels of acrylonitrile (a volatile organic compound, known to be toxic). Teens who used both e-cigs and tobacco cigs had even higher levels of the carcinogens overall.
https://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/e-cigarette-studies-teens-bust-safety-myths/
Children 14 and older with mental illnesses are 10% more likely to drop out of school.
True
37% of students with a untreated mental health condition age 14 and older drop out of school.
64% of children who were bullied did not report it.
True
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov:
Marijuana is not addictive.
False
Marijuana is addictive. About 1 in 6 people who start using as a teen, and 25-50 percent of those who use it every day, become addicted to marijuana.
Extreme social media use can look a lot like addiction.
True
Regions of the brain activated by social-media-use overlap considerably with the regions involved in addictions to illegal and dangerous substances.
From 2011 to 2021, current cigarette smoking declined among middle and high school students.
True!!!!! WHY???
Smoking rates among teens have been in steady decline since the early 2000s. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2021 reported a smoking prevalence of 1.1% among youth aged 12-17, compared with 2.5% in 2019.
In Canada, it is illegal to sell or provide tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18. Some provincial laws have increased this age to 19 or 21.
Young people aged 15 to 24 are more likely to experience mental illness and/or substance use disorders than any other age group.
True
15% of kids have been threatened online.
False
35% of kids have been threatened online. With numbers increasing ach year.
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov:
Marijuana use may precede depression.
True
Research shows girls (ages 14-15) who used marijuana daily were 5 times more likely to face depression at age 21. Daily use in young women was associated with an over five-fold increase in the odds of reporting a state of depression and anxiety.
Sleep is more important than those "likes."
True
Research suggests more than half of adolescents are on screens right before bedtime, and that can keep them from getting the sleep they need. Not only is poor sleep linked to all sorts of downsides, including poor mental health symptoms, poor performance in school and trouble regulating stress, Prinstein said, but "inconsistent sleep schedules are associated with changes in structural brain development in adolescent years. In other words, youths' preoccupation with technology and social media may deleteriously affect the size of their brains."
Teens who vape are likely to start smoking.
False
The Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) 2021 data shows that vaping rates have remained relatively stable since 2019 with around 13% of youth aged 15 to 19 reporting having vaped in the past 30 days. A majority of youth (61%) who vaped in the past 30 days have never tried a tobacco cigarette in their life.
The average delay between onset of symptoms and intervention is 8-10 years.
True
Bullies will eventually grow out of being a bully.
False
Similarly, child bullies may repeat their bullying behaviour as adults and also suffer as a result of their unacceptable behaviour. Bullies (children who bully) may go on to commit criminal offences. As such, their lives are also all the poorer for their behaviour. Bullies may go on to engage in dating violence, sexual harassment, spousal, child, and senior abuse. They may also engage in gang-related violence.
Bullying in Canada: Facts, Solutions and How to Prevent (safecanada.ca)
Marijuana is safe if
you are behind the wheel.
False
Marijuana is the most common illegal drug involved in auto fatalities.
Marijuana is found in the blood of approximately 14 percent of drivers who die in car crashes, often in combination with alcohol or other drugs.
NIDA (2015). Marijuana: Facts for Teens. Retrieved February 16, 2017, from www.drugabuse.gov/publications/marijuana-facts teens. National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institutes
of Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Most teens agree that using social media often distracts them when they should be doing homework.
True
Teenagers are far more likely to spend their time on social media and gaming after school than they are to be doing homework, according to new research by UCL Institute of Education (IOE).
Only 50% of e-cigs use nicotine. E-cigs are mostly comprised of flavoring.
False
A recent study found that 98.7 percent of all e-cigarette products sold at convenience stores, supermarkets and similar outlets contain nicotine. Yet, many young people aren’t aware that the products they use contain nicotine. In fact, 60 percent of teens incorrectly reported e-cigarettes as being comprised of mostly flavoring.
https://truthinitiative.org/news/e-cigarettes-facts-stats-and-regulations
What causes mental illness and substance use problems?
When bystanders intervene, bullying stops within 10 seconds 57% of the time.
True
Elementary students face bullying every 7 minutes.
85% of these incidents have bystanders.
With bystander intervention, 57% of bullying stops in ten seconds.
Past-year use of marijuana reached its lowest levels in more than two decades among Candian youth.
False
Canada has one of the highest prevalence rates of cannabis use in the world [1], and cannabis use is highest among young adults aged 20–24 (50%) followed by 16–19-year-olds (37%) [2].Jun 22, 2023
1 in 5 teens drivers say they check notifications at least sometimes.
True
Nationally, distracted driving is the second biggest cause of traffic deaths after speeding. In 2021, it was estimated that 1,768 Canadians lost their lives in fatal collisions, and distracted driving was responsible for 19.7% of these deaths.May 5, 2023