ArticlePreventive medicine reports2015
A comparison of adolescent smoking initiation measures on predicting future smoking behavior.
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- Longitudinal e-Cigarette and Cigarette Use Among US Youth in the PATH Study (2013-2015).Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2019Article
- Early vascular damage from smoking and alcohol in teenage years: the ALSPAC study.European heart journal · 2019Article
- Responses to textual and pictorial cigarette pack health warnings: findings from an exploratory cross-sectional survey study in Austria.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Associations of perceived stress with the present and subsequent cortisol levels in fingernails among medical students: a prospective pilot study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2018Article
- Source of cigarettes among youth smokers in Malaysia: Findings from the tobacco and e-cigarette survey among Malaysian school adolescents (TECMA).Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Patterns in first and daily cigarette initiation among youth and young adults from 2002 to 2015.PloS one · 2018Article
- Trends in smoking initiation in Canada: Does non-inclusion of young adults in tobacco control strategies represent a missed opportunity?Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2017Article
- Association between Family and Friend Smoking Status and Adolescent Smoking Behavior and E-Cigarette Use in Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesEvidence suggests that age at smoking initiation has implications for tobacco use, nicotine dependence, and resulting long-term health and chronic disease outcomes. The objective of the current study was to examine two different measures of smoking onset and to compare their validity in predicting future adolescent smoking survey.
methodsData from grades 9-12 students who participated in the 2012/2013 Youth Smoking Survey, a nationally-generalizable Canadian survey, and who had ever tried a cigarette, even a few puffs (n = 8126) were used in a multivariable logistic regression analysis to examine the association between age at smoking onset and current smoking behavior.
resultsBoth "age at first puff" and "age at first whole cigarette" were significantly associated with current smoking status. Specifically, a delay of one year in the age at first puff was associated with lower odds of being a current smoker by 24% (AOR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.73-0.79). Similarly, high school students who smoked their first whole cigarette at old age were less likely to report being a current smoker (AOR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.62-0.71).
conclusionEfforts to prevent smoking uptake among youth, especially younger youth, are especially important in tobacco control efforts.
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