Towards Healthy Adolescents: A Review of Smoking Impact  According to Dental Perspectives

Author: Sharina Dolah ¹ ; Munirah Mohd Adnan ¹ ; Normastura Abd Rahman ¹
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1. Dental Public Health Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia,16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Impact, Smoking, Adolescents, Oral health, Cessation
From:Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2023;19(No.1):316-324
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
Abstract: Nowadays, tobacco companies target to recruit new smokers among adolescents due to this age group was easy to be influenced by smoking behaviours. This narrative review aimed to explore the possible impact of smoking among adolescents. Knowing the negative impacts of smoking might result in avoiding continuing the habit or preventing from initiation of the habit. The literature search on PubMed, SCOPUS, and Epistemonikos database with related search terms of “adolescents”, “smoking” and “impact”. Only papers published within the year 2017 to 2021 and in the English language were included. However, articles without full text were excluded from this review. Fourteen articles were selected and divided impacts into three categories which are effect on oral health, effect on general health and other impacts. Possible impacts of smoking among adolescents were identified, and it could be beneficial in the development of customized smoking prevention or smoking cessation intervention for adolescents.
Full text:11.2023my1440.pdf