Breadcrumb Home A chat with the doctor can help kids resist smoking Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Quad-City Online http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/08/26/38885/a-chat-with-the-doctor-can-help-kids-… Pediatricians have a long list of things they're supposed to ask about during visits, and tobacco intervention should be a high priority, says Sue Curry, dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health.