S Skara1, S Sussman, C W Dent. 1. Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To provide a 1-year prospective examination of social, behavioral, intrapersonal and demographic factors that predict transition from experimental to regular cigarette use among continuation high school students. METHODS: A cohort of 252 students completed baseline and 1-year follow-up questionnaires on health behaviors. RESULTS: Relatively low smoking prevalence estimates, intention to smoke in the next year, violence perpetration, perceived stress, sensation seeking, and male gender predicted the transition to regular use 1 year later. CONCLUSION: Intrapersonal variables may be relatively important in predicting the progression from experimental to regular smoking.
OBJECTIVE: To provide a 1-year prospective examination of social, behavioral, intrapersonal and demographic factors that predict transition from experimental to regular cigarette use among continuation high school students. METHODS: A cohort of 252 students completed baseline and 1-year follow-up questionnaires on health behaviors. RESULTS: Relatively low smoking prevalence estimates, intention to smoke in the next year, violence perpetration, perceived stress, sensation seeking, and male gender predicted the transition to regular use 1 year later. CONCLUSION: Intrapersonal variables may be relatively important in predicting the progression from experimental to regular smoking.
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