Identifying demographic and psychosocial factors related to the escalation of smoking behavior among Mexican American adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States; smoking in Mexican American adolescents, a rapidly growing population, remains a major concern. Factors associated with escalation or progression along the smoking trajectory have not been studied in adolescent Mexican Americans. A better understanding of escalation is needed for cancer prevention and overall health. N=1,328 Mexican American adolescents joined a cohort in 2005-06. At baseline participants provided demographic, acculturation and psychosocial data, and reported their smoking status using the Minnesota Smoking Index. Those that never tried a cigarette or only had a few puffs in their life were included in this study. The primary outcome of interest, escalation in smoking status, was defined as m

SUBMITTER: Shete SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477792 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature