Adolescent tobacco use have stagnated in the past few years, prompting the CDC to call for better prevention efforts, according to a recent report.“Smoking continues to be the leading preventable cause of death and disability in the United States; and among adult established smokers in the United States, more than 80% began smoking before age 18 years,” CDC researchers wrote.

Smoke and drink more, Russia’s finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens on Wednesday, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services.”If you smoke a pack of cigarettes, that means you are giving more to help solve social problems such as boosting demographics, developing other social services and upholding birth rates,” Kudrin said, quoted by the Interfax news agency. “People should understand: Those who drink, those who smoke are doing more to help the state,” he said, offering unconventional advice as the Russian government announced plans to raise excise duty on alcohol and cigarettes.

Smoking may increase symptoms of depression in adolescents, especially those who use  cigarettes to feel better or to “self-medicate,” according to a new observational substudy from the Canadian Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) trial.

If you’re riding the MetroRail , be sure to put out that cigarette. Changes have taken effect at all Capital Metro rail station platforms along the Red Line after the CapMetro Board adopted a new tobacco-free policy July 26. This means all tobacco products will be prohibited near the passenger boarding areas and on the boarding platforms at each station.