Gambling behaviors and attitudes in adolescent high-school students: Relationships with problem-gambling severity and smoking status.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Smoking is associated with more severe/extensive gambling in adults. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between smoking and gambling in adolescents.

Methods

Analyses utilized survey data from 1591 Connecticut high-school students. Adolescents were classified by gambling (Low-Risk Gambling [LRG], At Risk/Problem Gambling [ARPG]) and smoking (current smoker, non-smoker). The main effects of smoking and the smoking-by-gambling interactions were examined for gambling behaviors (e.g., type, location), and gambling attitudes. Data were analyzed using chi-square and logistic regression; the latter controlled for gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and family structure.

Results

For APRG adolescents, smoking was associated with greater online

SUBMITTER: Weinberger AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4439395 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature