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.

Journal Articles (94)

Shaping Reduced Smoking in Smokers Without Cessation Plans — Jan 1, 2005

Most smokers do not plan to quit in the next 6 months.

Concurrent Use of Alcohol and Cigarettes from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: An Examination of Developmental Trajectories and Outcomes — Jan 1, 2005

Importance of curbing smoking behavior among adolescents before it becomes habitual.

Predictors of Attempted Quitting and Cessation Among Young Adult Smokers — Jan 1, 2005

Different risk and protective factors are relevant to understanding why smokers attempt to quit vs. why they are able to quit for 6 months or longer.

Comparative Efficacy of Rapid-Release Nicotine Gum Versus Nicotine Polacrilex Gum in Relieving Smoking Cue-Provoked Craving — Jan 1, 2005

To examine annual hospitalization rates for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) among Medicare HMO beneficiaries.

Primary Care Provider Attitudes are Associated With Smoking Cessation Counseling and Referral — Jan 1, 2005

Evaluates the consistency of primary care physician (PCP) attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling and their corresponding smoking-cessation behaviors; PCP attitudes were positively associated with patient-reported smoking cessation behavior.

Substance Use and Early Marriage — Jan 1, 2004

These results suggest that the link between substance use and early marriage reflects a disposition toward risky or unconventional behavior.

Improving Contingency Management Programs for Addiction — Jan 1, 2004

Contingency management interventions effectively reduce or eliminate some individuals' problem substance use.

Smoking-cessation Interventions By Type of Provider: A Meta-Analysis — Jan 1, 2004

To synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of smoking-cessation interventions by type of provider.

Developmental Trajectories of Cigarette Smoking and Their Correlates from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Jan 1, 2004

Smoking initiation typically occurs in adolescence and increases over time into emerging adulthood.

Shaping Smoking Cessation Using Percentile Schedules — Jan 1, 2004

Behavioral interventions that provide incentives contingent upon abstinence are effective addiction treatments.

Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Long-Term Results of a Junior High Program — Jan 1, 2004

This paper reports results over a 6-year period for a multisite randomized trial that achieved reductions in drug use during the junior high school years.

The Relationship Between Cigarette Use and Other Tobacco Products: Results from the 2000 National Youth Tobacco Survey — Jan 1, 2003

This report, based on 2000 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data, presents prevalence estimates for current use of smokeless tobacco, cigars, bidis, kreteks, and pipes among youth in the United States.

Predictors of the Transition to Regular Smoking During Adolescence and Young Adulthood — Jan 1, 2003

To identify predictors of the transition from experimentation to regular smoking in middle adolescence, late adolescence, and young adulthood.

Political Economy of Youth Smoking Regulation — Jan 1, 2003

This paper considers the political economy of tobacco regulation-that is, the interplay between politics and markets in tobacco regulation.

Explaining Racial/Ethnic Differences in Smoking During the Transition to Adulthood — Jan 1, 2003

At age 23, African Americans and Asians exhibited substantially lower rates of current smoking than Whites and Hispanics.

Social Context and Adolescent Health Behavior: Does School-Level Smoking Prevalence Affect Students' Subsequent Smoking Behavior? — Jan 1, 2003

Paper examines the links between individual adolescent smoking behavior and actual and perceived smoking behavior in the individual's school cohort.

Interventions to Promote Smoking Cessation in the Medicare Population — Jan 1, 2003

Reviews the effectiveness of interventions used to promote smoking cessation among persons age 65 or older.

Combating Teen Smoking: Research and Policy Strategies : Book Review — Jun 1, 2002

Review of Combating Teen Smoking: Research and Policy Strategies / By P. D. Jacobson, P. M. Lantz, K. E. Warner, et al. (Ann Arbor, MI : The University of Michigan Press, 2001).

Smoking Cessation During the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Jan 1, 2002

The psychosocial and behavioral determinants of smoking cessation from late adolescence to early adulthood were investigated.

Smoking Patterns of Household Members and Visitors in Homes with Children in the United States — Jan 1, 2002

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), also called passive smoking, has been shown to have adverse effects on the health of children.

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