Adolescent nondaily smokers: favorable views of tobacco yet receptive to cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Favorable views of cigarette use may be a potentiating factor that influences the progression of nicotine dependence among adolescents.

Methods

Using data from the South Carolina Youth Tobacco Survey (2005-2007), a statewide two-stage cluster sample of students in Grades 6-12 (N = 7,385), we examined attitudes toward smoking and quit behaviors among adolescent smokers across a range of smoking frequencies.

Results

Compared with past-30-day nonsmokers, adolescents who smoked 1-2 days in the past month were more likely to believe that (a) smokers have more friends, (b) smoking looks cool, and (c) it is safe to smoke in the short term and then quit, but less likely to think that (d) tobacco is as addictive as other drugs and (e) smoking few cigarettes per da

SUBMITTER: Carpenter MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2670369 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature