M Q Wang1. 1. Department of Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA. MWANG@CHES.UA.EDU
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine social environmental factors in relation to adolescent smoking using both longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses. METHODS: A national sample of nonsmoking adolescents (N=4,431) who participated in the 1989 Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey and who were re-interviewed in 1993 was used for this study. RESULTS: The smoking behavior of best friends and smoking beliefs were consistent and significant factors in predicting adolescents' smoking progression from nonsmoking status to regular smokers or experimental smokers. CONCLUSIONS: By addressing several limitations of previous studies, this paper contributes additional information regarding the adolescents' smoking acquisition process.
OBJECTIVE: To determine social environmental factors in relation to adolescent smoking using both longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses. METHODS: A national sample of nonsmoking adolescents (N=4,431) who participated in the 1989 Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey and who were re-interviewed in 1993 was used for this study. RESULTS: The smoking behavior of best friends and smoking beliefs were consistent and significant factors in predicting adolescents' smoking progression from nonsmoking status to regular smokers or experimental smokers. CONCLUSIONS: By addressing several limitations of previous studies, this paper contributes additional information regarding the adolescents' smoking acquisition process.
Authors: S Shohaimi; R Luben; N Wareham; N Day; S Bingham; A Welch; S Oakes; K-T Khaw Journal: J Epidemiol Community Health Date: 2003-04 Impact factor: 3.710
Authors: Cassandra A Stanton; George Papandonatos; Elizabeth E Lloyd-Richardson; Alessandra Kazura; Shang-Ying Shiu; Raymond Niaura Journal: Adolesc Fam Health Date: 2009
Authors: Shamarina Shohaimi; Ailsa Welch; Sheila Bingham; Robert Luben; Nicholas Day; Nicholas Wareham; Kay-Tee Khaw Journal: J Epidemiol Community Health Date: 2004-08 Impact factor: 3.710