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Letter
Seasonality in onset of youth smoking parallels seasonality in cigarette sales
  1. RJ Wellman1,
  2. J R DiFranza2
  1. 1Behavioral Science Department, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 Joseph R DiFranza, MD, Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, 
 difranzi{at}ummhc.org

https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.12.3.339

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    Cigarette sales in the USA peak in the summer months, June through August.1 This finding prompted examination of data on the onset of youth smoking to determine whether a similar pattern could be discerned. In this letter we report data from the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth (DANDY) study.2 The sample of 679 seventh grade students …

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