SWITCH: Mobile | ePaper | Subscribe

Homes Rentals Jobs Autos Contests

Young Adults

Young adults opting for bikes, buses instead of cars

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 3:57pm

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- At the corner of Magnolia Street and Terracina Drive, just off the Riverside Community College campus, empty spots on the front bicycle racks of Riverside Transit Agency buses are becoming a hot commodity.

On a recent day, students snagged the two holders on a southwest-bound bus, leaving another to wait for the next bus to come along.

The high cost of driving and a greater interest in personal fitness and environmental stewardship have many young adults ditching their cars and trucks in favor of buses and bikes.

Features, Bikes, Buses, Mass transit, Students, Transportation, Young Adults, College Read more Comments

Utah's efforts to discourage youths from smoking is paying off, as the number of kids addicted to nicotine is dropping, Here, at the Ogden Amphitheater in May 2009, volunteers Nelson Riches, 16, dressed as a cigarette, and Lary Deuel, dressed as secondhand smoke, talk with kids during a celebration of the smoking ban in public outdoor spaces. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Utah battle against youth tobacco use continues despite improvements

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 10:12pm

The U.S. Surgeon General is urging states to discourage kids from smoking by implementing tobacco tax hikes, high-impact interventions, smoking bans and mass media campaigns.

Each day, nearly 4,000 kids try their first cigarette and an additional 1,000 under the age of 18 become daily users, according to a report issued this week by the Office of the Surgeon General. About 3.6 million middle and high school students smoke, the report states.

Education, Business, Asthma, Cancer, Child safety, Cigarettes, Drugs, Health, Lung cancer, Nicotine, Parenthood, Parenting, Parents, Prevention, Secondhand smoke, Smoking, Taxes, Teen smoking, Teens, Tobacco, Tobacco cessation, Tobacco industry, Utah, Utah Department of Health, Utah Legislature, Weber-Morgan Health Department, Young Adults, Youths, Featured Read more Comments

A graphic display of a Facebook network is shown at a Facebook event for marketing professionals, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 in New York. New, potentially lucrative advertising opportunities are coming to Facebook as a prelude to its initial public offering of stock. The idea is to lure big brands with the promise of effective, precisely targeted ads that reach the social network's 845 million users. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Young adults turning away from Facebook

Matt Huston The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 12:40pm

The world's most popular website started in a college dorm room, and for some users it stops there, too.

Though Facebook currently claims a tenth of the world's population in monthly users, many in its original demographic -- young adults -- have attempted, sometimes successfully, to go against the grain. Call it Facebook fatigue, social network sickness, sensory overload: It's not unusual for college-age users to call it quits.

Features, Facebook, Internet, Online, Social media, Students, Young Adults, College Read more Comments

In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, people wait in line to enter a job fair employer hiring event for Safeway, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Study shows economy toughest on young adults

Rebecca Trounson Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:33am

As the nation climbs slowly out of the Great Recession, young adults appear to be having the toughest time of any age group gaining a foothold in the recovering economy. Those difficulties, in turn, are shaping their decisions about careers, schooling, marriage and parenthood, according to a new report.

Business, Economy, Pew Research Center, Young Adults Read more Comments

Survey: Significant drop in uninsured young adults

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 7:24am

WASHINGTON — The number of young adults without health insurance has dropped significantly, a new survey finds, thanks to a provision of President Barack Obama’s health care law allowing them to stay on their parents’ plans.

Health Care, Medicare, Young Adults, Insurance, National Read more Comments