Tobacco and Smoking

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Adolescents With Jobs Are More Likely to Begin Smoking

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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.

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Research Brief

Teens Who Work Are More Likely to Smoke — Jan 9, 2008

This research brief describes a study that found that working for pay in and around the 10th grade is associated with increased smoking among teens.

Journal Article

What Underlies Appraisals? Experimentally Testing a Knowledge-And-Appraisal Model of Personality Architecture Among Smokers Contemplating High-Risk Situations — Jan 1, 2008

The authors tested a theoretical model of personality structures underlying patterns of intra-individual variability in contextualized appraisals.

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Alcohol and Tobacco Marketing Evaluating Compliance with Outdoor Advertising Guidelines — Jan 1, 2008

Tobacco billboards were outlawed in 1999, but over 25% of tobacco ads in Louisiana do not comply. In Los Angeles, 37% of alcohol ads and 25% of tobacco ads were within 500 feet of a school, playground, or church, in violation of advertisers pledges.

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Reducing Early Smokers' Risk for Future Smoking and Other Problem Behavior: Insights from a Five-Year Longitudinal Study — Jan 1, 2008

Finds risk and protective factors during adolescence that predict future regular smoking and multiple problem behavior among youth who had tried smoking by grade 7. Protective factors include good grades and parental disapproval of smoking/drug use.

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The Effectiveness of Covering Smoking Cessation Services for Medicare Beneficiaries — Jan 1, 2008

Examined whether reimbursement for Provider Counseling, Pharmacotherapies, and a telephone Quitline increase smoking cessation relative to Usual Care. A telephone Quitline in conjunction with low-cost Pharmacotherapy was found to be the most effective means of reducing smoking in the elderly.

Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005 — Mar 26, 2007

Evaluates the progress of Arkansas' seven health related programs funded by the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

Journal Article

Gender Differences in Adolescents' Responses to Themes of Relaxation in Cigarette Advertising: Relationship to Intentions to Smoke — Feb 1, 2007

Studies have shown that increased exposure to cigarette advertising increases adolescents' risk of smoking.

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A Discrete Time Hazards Model of Smoking Initiation Among West Coast Youth from Age 5 to 23 — Jan 1, 2007

The impact of demographic and family influence factors on smoking initiation varies over time. However, the maximum risk for initiation is during the early teen years, and the range of considerable vulnerability is during middle school and high school.

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Daily Smoking Patterns, Their Determinants, and Implications for Quitting — Jan 1, 2007

In this article, the authors examine daily temporal patterns of smoking in relation to environmental restrictions on smoking and cessation outcomes.

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Are Adolescent Substance Users Less Satisfied with Life as Young Adults and If So, Why? — Jan 1, 2007

The present study investigated whether adolescent cigarette, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use predicts life satisfaction in young adulthood.

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Use of Medicare Summary Notice Inserts to Generate Interest in the Medicare Stop Smoking Program — Jan 1, 2007

This recruitment method is highly recommended as a cost-effective way to reach the senior population.

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Contingencies for Change in Complacent Smokers — Jan 1, 2007

The majority of smokers have no plans to quit in the near future.

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Timing of First Marriage and Smoking Cessation — Jan 1, 2007

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the authors consider the relationship between the timing of family formation and positive changes in health behavior.

News Release

RAND Study Shows Drug, Alcohol and Cigarette Use While Alone Puts Eighth-Graders at High Risk for Later Problems — Dec 7, 2006

December 7, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Shows Drug, Alcohol and Cigarette Use While Alone Puts Eighth-Graders at High Risk for Later Problems.

Journal Article

Cigarette Smoking from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Women's Developmental Trajectories and Associates Outcomes — Jan 1, 2006

Women with certain patterns of smoking from age 13-23 are at heightened risk for early transitions to sexual activity and parenthood.

Journal Article

Reduction of Abstinence-Induced Withdrawal and Craving Using High-Dose Nicotine Replacement Therapy — Jan 1, 2006

Decreasing withdrawal and craving during smoking cessation is a major aim of cessation medications.

Journal Article

Analyzing Milestones in Smoking Cessation: Illustration in a Nicotine Patch Trial in Adult Smokers — Jan 1, 2006

Analysis of effects by milestones may enhance understanding of cessation treatments and their mechanisms of action.

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Adolescent Predictors of Generalized Health Risk in Young Adulthood: A 10-Year Longitudinal Assessment — Jan 1, 2006

The authors conducted a prospective examination of multiple adolescent predictors of generalized health risk in early adulthood.

Journal Article

Does Solitary Substance Use Increase Adolescents' Risk for Poor Psychosocial and Behavioral Outcomes? A 9-Year Longitudinal Study Comparing Solitary and Social Users — Jan 1, 2006

Results indicate the importance of better understanding and addressing the needs of this understudied group of high-risk youth.

Report

Tobacco Settlement Payout Supports Arkansas Health Programs — Feb 2, 2005

Arkansas has used its $1.6 billion share of the 1998 Tobacco Settlement to address health issues and focus on reducing smoking rates. With continued support, the services and programs created should be on track to meet their long-term goals.

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