Teen decisions

Contains seventeen articles that provide information about teens and violence, discussing school violence, teens and guns, and abusive relationships; and examining ways teenagers can avoid violence.

Contains fifteen articles that provide information about teenage smoking, looking at the reasons why teens smoke, the effects of smoking, and ways to reduce the incidence of teen smoking; and sharing the viewpoints of teen smokers, as well as teenagers who never picked up the habit.

Presents more than twenty essays and case studies on teen pregnancy, covering such aspects as abortion, adoption, single parenthood, and marriage, and also includes a bibliography and a list of organizations and Web sites.

Presents more than twenty essays and case studies on teens and alcohol, covering such aspects as alcohol poisoning, alcoholism, drunk driving, drinking age laws, alcohol and sex, and helping someone who has a drinking problem, and also includes a bibliography and a list of organizations and Web sites.

Presents thirteen articles on dieting and related issues, discussing pressure on young girls from the media and their mothers; eating disorders in girls and boys; dangers of diet pills; and how to lose weight healthfully.