Arlene B. Hirschfelder and Arlene S. Hirsch, Kick Butts: A Kid's Guide to a Tobacco-Free America. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, 1988. A 160-page book for young adults that not only addresses the hazards of smoking, but offers ideas and suggestions for reducing or eliminating the problem of tobacco use in this country.

Elizabeth Keyishian, Everything You Need to Know About Smoking. New York: Rosen, 1997. Presents the perils and problems of smoking for a teenage audience, written at a simplified reading level. Lists helpful organizations to contact.

Susan S. Lang and Beth H. Marks, Teens and Tobacco: A Fatal Attraction. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1996. Excellent book for teen readers that offers an in-depth look at why kids start smoking, how the tobacco companies lure them, and what the government is doing to curb teen tobacco use, and examines the health care crisis precipitated by tobacco.

Daniel McMillan, Teen...