The visibility of smoking in Europe and its relationship with youth's positive beliefs about smoking.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To determine adolescent-reported visibility of smoking in different public and private spaces in Europe and associations between smoking visibility and beliefs about the benefits of smoking. METHODS:We used SILNE-R cross-sectional survey data (2016/2017) of 10,798 14-16-year-old students from 55 secondary schools in seven European cities. Respondents reported for private and public spaces whether they had seen others smoke there in the last 6 months. Beliefs about the benefits of smoking were measured on a 7-item scale; higher scores indicated more positive beliefs. Multilevel linear regression analyses determined associations while controlling for potential confounders and stratifying by smoking status. RESULTS:Most students reported observing others smoke in public spaces, esp

SUBMITTER: Lagerweij NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868106 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature