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Copper Canyon AcademyCOPPER CANYON ACADMEY is an all girls school in Rimrock, Arizona. COPPER CANYON ACADEMY offers an extremely comprehensive therapeutic program for girls and their families through individual, group, and animal therapy. There are also parent seminars and family workshops. All of the therapists who work with the teenage girls and their families at COPPER CANYON ACADEMY are licensed by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Services.

TurnAbout RanchTurn-About Ranch
As a parent you are often challenged by outside influences that threaten your child's emotional and behavioral development. Imagine a place where old-time values such as honesty, respect, teamwork, and accountability are the standard. Turn-About Ranch is such a place. Teens thrive in the unique environment of this spirited working cow-and-horse ranch. As they get back to basics, they are challenged to examine their values and recognize how their poor choices have impacted their lives.

Turn-About Ranch features a hard-hitting, high-impact residential program works wonders with defiant teens where the experience of the ranch setting has a powerful real-world impact.

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Smoking Laws Cut Down Teen Rates of Cigarette Use

Teens who live in towns where there are strict bans on smoking in restaurants and public places are 40% less likely to become smokers, according to a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health kept track of 2,791 children ages 12 to 17 living in Massachusetts over a period of four years. In towns without smoking bans, about 10% of teens developed a smoking habit compared to 8% who lived in towns with such rules. The study also found that having a parent or friend who smoked increased the chances of a teen's experimenting with cigarettes.

Lead author Dr. Michael Siegel said that smoking laws discourage tobacco use. "There is really no other smoking intervention program that could cut almost in half the rate of smoking," he said. "When kids grow up in an environment where they don't see smoking, they are going to think it is not socially acceptable."

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