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Book Synopsis Social Factors of Cigarette Smoking Initiation Among Undergraduate College Students by : Jane F. Emmeree
Download or read book Social Factors of Cigarette Smoking Initiation Among Undergraduate College Students written by Jane F. Emmeree and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: This study examined whether three social factors affected cigarette smoking initiation during the freshman and sophomore years of college: (1) perceived prevalence of peers' smoking behavior, (2) smoking-related behavior of friends and roommates, and (3) sociability. Moreover, this study determined the percentage of students who initiated smoking during college, identified at-risk populations, and pinpointed when college students are most vulnerable to begin smoking. A total of 1,772 undergraduate students in intact classrooms from five universities completed a researcher-constructed self-report survey. Questionnaires from 1,250 full-time, traditional-aged freshmen, sophomores, and juniors were analyzed. A total of 26.8% of the sample had smoked cigarettes during the 30 days before the survey, and 9.3% of the sample had smoked for the first time on two or more days during any one month during college. Nearly 57% of these "smoking initiators" had started smoking during their first six months of college; 70.7%, by the end of their freshman year; and, 90%, by the end of their sophomore year.
Book Synopsis Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults by :
Download or read book Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet for schools, medical personnel, and parents contains highlights from the 2012 Surgeon General's report on tobacco use among youth and teens (ages 12 through 17) and young adults (ages 18 through 25). The report details the causes and the consequences of tobacco use among youth and young adults by focusing on the social, environmental, advertising, and marketing influences that encourage youth and young adults to initiate and sustain tobacco use. This is the first time tobacco data on young adults as a discrete population have been explored in detail. The report also highlights successful strategies to prevent young people from using tobacco.
Author :United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General Publisher :Office of the Surgeon General ISBN 13 : Total Pages :696 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (327 download)
Book Synopsis Women and Smoking by : United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General
Download or read book Women and Smoking written by United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General and published by Office of the Surgeon General. This book was released on 2001 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second report from the U.S. Surgeon General devoted to women and smoking. Includes executive summary, chapter conclusions, full text chapters, and references.
Book Synopsis Smoking Initiation by Female College Students by : Cuong Van Huynh
Download or read book Smoking Initiation by Female College Students written by Cuong Van Huynh and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis was to gain insight into why female college students initiate smoking. This study examined the major factors influencing the formation of such habit among this group. The tool used to study these factors was the questionnaire. Questionnaires were administered to randomly selected female students on the Oregon State University (OSU) campus. The Memorial Union and campus library were the only locations where these questionnaires were administered. Results of the study suggested that peers and curiosity were paramount in influencing smokers to initiate smoking. The results also indicated that, with the exceptions of curiosity and the belief that smoking was "adult", there were no differences between early and late initiators in the extent to which the factors under examination influenced them to start smoking. Both curiosity and the belief that smoking was "adult" had greater influence on early initiators to smoke their first cigarettes than they did with late initiators. Lastly, college-related stress was found to increase the daily level of smoking among smokers. For non-smokers, health concern and odor were factors that influenced them greatly to remain smoke-free. Overall, the findings suggested that prevention efforts should focus on strategies that reduce the acceptability of smoking in the social environment.
Book Synopsis Exploring the Protection and Risk Factors of Cigarette Smoking Among Chinese Or Chinese-American Adolescents in the State of California by : Shiu Shing Wong
Download or read book Exploring the Protection and Risk Factors of Cigarette Smoking Among Chinese Or Chinese-American Adolescents in the State of California written by Shiu Shing Wong and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Psychosocial Factors that Influence Cigarette Smoking Initiation Among Adolescent and College Populations by : Victoria Arild
Download or read book Psychosocial Factors that Influence Cigarette Smoking Initiation Among Adolescent and College Populations written by Victoria Arild and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Royal College of Physicians of London. Tobacco Advisory Group Publisher :Royal College of Physicians ISBN 13 :9781860161223 Total Pages :216 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (612 download)
Book Synopsis Nicotine Addiction in Britain by : Royal College of Physicians of London. Tobacco Advisory Group
Download or read book Nicotine Addiction in Britain written by Royal College of Physicians of London. Tobacco Advisory Group and published by Royal College of Physicians. This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among African-American College Students by : Michael David Celestin
Download or read book Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among African-American College Students written by Michael David Celestin and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined factors that may protect African-American young adults in college from early onset of cigarette smoking, and factors that may place them at risk for cigarette smoking, using the framework of the Social Cognitive Theory. It was hypothesized that existing regulation of smoking, positive attitude toward academics and school connectedness would be related to low cigarette-smoking rates, while exposure to pro-tobacco promotions would be related to high cigarette smoking rates. A convenience sample of 576 undergraduates at Dillard University of New Orleans completed a Harvard College Alcohol Study survey. Forty six percent (n=269) completed the survey. Ninetyone percent were African American, and 13% of them were ever-smokers. Chi Square analysis was used to test for a statistically significant difference in response rates between ever-smokers and non-smokers. Results indicated no significant differences between respondents for any outcome measures. The Social Cognitive Theory constructs were not supported by the findings. The results of this study do not support any of the hypotheses. The Social Cognitive Theory constructs used to examine the hypotheses are not supported by the findings. Future studies should address the limitations of this research by using a random sampling technique, sampling across all academic classification levels, and assessing the validity and reliability of the Harvard College Alcohol Study survey measures for cigarette smoking.
Book Synopsis Social Image Factors as Motivators for Smoking Initiation in Early and Middle Adolescence by : John L. Barton
Download or read book Social Image Factors as Motivators for Smoking Initiation in Early and Middle Adolescence written by John L. Barton and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reducing Underage Drinking by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Reducing Underage Drinking written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-26 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.
Book Synopsis Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobacco use by adolescents and young adults poses serious concerns. Nearly all adults who have ever smoked daily first tried a cigarette before 26 years of age. Current cigarette use among adults is highest among persons aged 21 to 25 years. The parts of the brain most responsible for cognitive and psychosocial maturity continue to develop and change through young adulthood, and adolescent brains are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of nicotine. At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products considers the likely public health impact of raising the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products. The report reviews the existing literature on tobacco use patterns, developmental biology and psychology, health effects of tobacco use, and the current landscape regarding youth access laws, including minimum age laws and their enforcement. Based on this literature, the report makes conclusions about the likely effect of raising the minimum age to 19, 21, and 25 years on tobacco use initiation. The report also quantifies the accompanying public health outcomes based on findings from two tobacco use simulation models. According to the report, raising the minimum age of legal access to tobacco products, particularly to ages 21 and 25, will lead to substantial reductions in tobacco use, improve the health of Americans across the lifespan, and save lives. Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products will be a valuable reference for federal policy makers and state and local health departments and legislators.
Book Synopsis Perceived Peer Smoking Status and Actual Smoking Among US College Students by : Michael D. Sawdey
Download or read book Perceived Peer Smoking Status and Actual Smoking Among US College Students written by Michael D. Sawdey and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: To determine the association between perceived smoking among peers and smoking status among US College attending youth. Methods: we analyzed data from the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment II survey administered to college students throughout the United States. We performed bivariate and multivariate analyses to determine if higher smoking prevalence was associated with higher levels of perceived smoking among subjects' peers. We controlled for gender, age, risk behaviors such as types of substance abuse, and various other demographic factors. Results: Students who reported higher perceived smoking status among their peers are 2.11 times more likely (CI 1.92- 2.21) to be smokers. In addition, behaviors such as being an alcohol user, illicit drug user, marijuana user, hookah user, or user of other tobacco products were associated with smoking among subjects. Males had a higher rate of self-reported smoking than females (13.78% to 9.89%), as did Whites and American Natives (12.21% & 13.26%), those aged 22-24 (14.37% compared to 10.57% for ages 18-21), and being diagnosed with depression in the last year (18.86% compared to no diagnosis 9.69%). Discussion: Smoking prevalence among college students may be associated with perception of peer behavior. Adolescents in general often overestimate the smoking prevalence of their peers, and this could be affecting the social norm among the non-smoking population entering college. Various national surveys of college-age populations show that smoking prevalence is no longer in a steady decline. This is of concern due to the college experience being an important period for the establishment of lifelong health behaviors. Many studies focus on high school years, but college students experience multiple life changing events that take place in a short period of time that could make them susceptible to smoking initiation. National smoking rates among adults continue to decline overall, but the college-aged population does not seem to be following suit. Additional interventions to alter perceptions of peer smoking should be explored as part of college health programs. One of these is to establish smoke-free college campuses. This could potentially reduce peer perceptions of smoking and also eliminate the environmental contamination of campuses with discarded butts.
Book Synopsis Factors Contributing to the Initiation of Cigarette Smoking in Adolescent Females by : Virginia Miller Kvasnicka
Download or read book Factors Contributing to the Initiation of Cigarette Smoking in Adolescent Females written by Virginia Miller Kvasnicka and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The GTSS Atlas by : Charles W. Warren
Download or read book The GTSS Atlas written by Charles W. Warren and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Surveillance is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data essential to the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice. It is closely integrated with the timely determination of data to those responsible for prevention and control. The atlas visualizes a decade of work in establishing the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS), which has become the largest public health surveillance system ever developed and maintained. The atlas documents the components of the GTSS, which include the monitoring of tobacco use and tobacco control measures among youth, school personnel, health professions students and adults. It maps the coverage of the surveys and provides data on the various elements of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy outlined in the Who- FCTC and MPOWER policy. It illustrates the importance of enhancing country capability to develop, implement and evaluate tobacco control programs though and a systematic framework. This resource will be invaluable to policy makers, public health practitioners, scholars and students interested in tobacco control." - p. 9
Book Synopsis Understanding Health-related Risk Behaviors by : Robert John Mills
Download or read book Understanding Health-related Risk Behaviors written by Robert John Mills and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Association Between Gender, the Social Environment and Smoking Initiation Among Adolescents by : Heather Brown
Download or read book The Association Between Gender, the Social Environment and Smoking Initiation Among Adolescents written by Heather Brown and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe by : William C. Cockerham
Download or read book Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe written by William C. Cockerham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the social causes of the decline in life expectancy in Russia and Eastern Europe. Countries discussed include Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and East Germany.
