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Adolescents often overlook the risks of inhalants. Although they can be injured, suffer serious medical effects, or die any time they use inhalants, five in eight 8th-graders do not see great risk in trying them.
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Sources for Wising Up to Media

1, 2 National Institute on Media and the Family, 2006. Children and Media Violence, last referenced 6/25/07.

3 Institute of Medicine, 2004. Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, last referenced 6/25/07.

4 Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005. “Media Multi-tasking” Changing the Amount and Nature of Young People’s Media Use, last referenced 10/4/07.

5 National School Boards Association, 2007. Creating and Connecting: Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networking, last referenced 10/5/07.

6 Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, 2006. Still Growing After All These Years: Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising on Television, 2001–2005, last referenced 6/25/07.

7 Institute of Medicine, 2004. Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, last referenced 6/25/07.

8 Dartmouth Medical School, 2006. Early Drinking in Teens Linked to Alcohol Use in Movies, last referenced 8/9/07.

9 National Institute on Media and the Family, 2006. Children and Media Violence, last referenced 6/25/07.

10 Institute of Medicine, 2004. Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, last referenced 6/25/07.

11 National Institute on Media and the Family, 2006. Children and Media Violence, last referenced 6/25/07.

12 American Psychological Association, 2007. Report of the Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, last referenced 6/25/07.

13 Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007. Parents, Children, and Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation Survey, last referenced 8/2/07.

14 Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007. Parents Say They’re Gaining Control Over Their Children’s Exposure to Sex and Violence in the Media, last referenced 6/25/07.

15 Kidsregen.org. Consuming Images: Getting Hooked on Breakfast, last referenced 8/3/07.
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