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Adolescents With Jobs Are More Likely to Begin Smoking

Evidence is mounting that something happens when youth start working that compels them to smoke. With this trend in mind, it's worth exploring potential strategies to prevent smoking among youth who enter the workforce.

How Do Movie Characters' Motives for Smoking Affect Adolescents?

Research has uncovered links between the motives movie characters convey for smoking on the silver screen and real-world smoking risk among middle school students.

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Megan K. Beckett

Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in sociology, University of Michigan; M.H.S.A. in health services management and policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health; B.A. in psychology, Willamette University

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Sandra H. Berry

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.A. in sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

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Tumaini Coker

Associate Natural Scientist
M.D., Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program; M.B.A., The Anderson School at University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., Stanford University, Psychology

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Maria Orlando Edelen

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in quantitative psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A. in quantitative psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A. in psychology, Boston College

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Steven Martino

Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in psychology, University of Minnesota; B.A. in psychology, Boston College

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Andrew M. Parker

Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in behavioral decision theory, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in psychology and statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Francesca Pillemer

Policy Researcher
M.P.P. in public policy & management, Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D. in health policy, Harvard University

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Michael Pollard

Sociologist
Ph.D. in sociology, Duke University

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Rajeev Ramchand

Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in psychiatric epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; B.A. in economics, University of Chicago

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Jeanne S. Ringel

Director, Public Health Systems and Preparedness Initiative, RAND Health; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park

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Regina A. Shih

Behavioral and Social Scientist
Ph.D. in psychiatric epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; B.A. in neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University

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Stefanie Stern

Director, Admissions and Academic Services, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Senior Project Associate
M.A. in higher education and organizational change, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in economics and sociology, University of California, Davis