(4) YA Tobacco: The Deadly Drug series. This series investigates adverse health effects and other aspects (physiological, social, psychological) of tobacco use by teens. Personal accounts and other examples (as well as many statistics) illuminate issues such as addiction, depression, and peer pressure. Photographs of teens engaging in typical activities should help readers connect to the messages; the hokey cartoons throughout will not. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Tobacco: The Deadly Drug titles: No More Butts, But All My Friends Smoke, Born to Smoke, But Smoking Makes Me Happy, False Images, Deadly Promises, Thousands of Deadly Chemicals, Smokeless Tobacco, and Teenagers and Tobacco.

Reviewer: Claudia Harrington DeShay