Rural disparities in adolescent smoking prevalence.
Sooyong KimArielle S SelyaPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2021)
This geographic disparity between rural and urban adolescents represents a potentially modifiable cause of increased morbidity and mortality in rural areas. Interventions and regulatory efforts should be tailored for rural adolescents to reduce the narrowing but persistent disparity in regular smoking.