Predictors of Change on the Smoking Uptake Continuum Among Adolescents

作者：Nancy J. Kaufman, Brian C. Castrucci, Paul Mowery, Karen K. Gerlach, Seth L. Emont, C. Tracy Orleans · 发表于：Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1001/archpedi.156.6.581 · 被引用次数：135 · 研究领域：Smoking Behavior and Cessation、Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet、Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

CONTEXT: Understanding how advertising and other risk and demographic factors affect adolescent susceptibility to smoking would allow for the development of more effective youth-targeted tobacco prevention and cessation programs and policies. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of various demographic and risk factors on different stages of smoking among adolescents. DESIGN: A nationally representative cross-sectional survey, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Survey of Tobacco Price Sensitivity, Behavior, and Attitudes Among Teenagers and Young Adults. SUBJECTS: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Survey of Tobacco Price Sensitivity, Behavior, and Attitudes Among Teenagers and Young Adults included 17,287 adolescent respondents (aged, 13-19 years) in 1996. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Stage of susceptibility and correlates of progression toward regular smoking. RESULTS: Of all never [corrected] smoking adolescents, 32% were susceptible smokers (have never smoked, but might) with younger adolescents almost 3 times more likely than older adolescents to be susceptible. Female subjects were 50% [corrected] more likely than male subjects to be susceptible. In addition to exposure to others' smoking, owning or willingness to own tobacco promotional items, having a favorite cigarette advertisement, skipping school, poor school performance, and lack of attendance in religious activities were associated with progression along the uptake continuum. CONCLUSIONS: Improved understanding of the ...