Regular ArticlePeer Influences and Access to Cigarettes as Correlates of Adolescent Smoking: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Wuhan, China, and California☆
References (32)
Teenage smoking in China
J Adolesc
(1999)An investigation of adolescent health from China
J Adolesc Health
(1997)- et al.
Adolescent smoking in Wuhan, China: baseline data from the Wuhan smoking prevention trial
Am J Prev Med
(2001) - et al.
Social influences on adolescents' smoking progress: an age trend
J Adolesc Health
(1995) Smoke and mirrors: tobacco market for smuggled foreign brand cigarettes
Far Eastern Econ Rev
(1998)- et al.
Smoking in China: findings of the 1996 National Prevalence Survey
JAMA
(1999) - et al.
Cigarette smoking among Chinese adolescents and its association with demographic characteristics, social activities, and problem behaviors
Substance Use Misuse
(1996) - et al.
Smoking behavior among adolescents in the city, suburbs, and rural areas of Shanghai
Am J Health Promo
(1997) - et al.
Cigarette smoking among junior high school students in Beijing, China, 1988
Int J Epidemiol
(1992) - et al.
Cigarette smoking among junior high school students in Beijing
Am J Public Health
(1996)
MMWR Surveill Summaries 2000
Developing school-based tobacco use prevention and cessation programs
Investing in youth tobacco control: a review of smoking prevention and control strategies
Tobacco Control
Cited by (71)
Smoking behaviors and intentions among adolescents in rural China: The application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the role of social influence
2015, Addictive BehaviorsCitation Excerpt :Social influence is extremely important for adolescents. Having friends who were current smokers was strongly associated with smoking, confirming the important role of peer influences in smoking among adolescents (Flay et al., 1994; Unger et al., 2002). Such effect has also found to be independent from the TPB variables.
Psychosocial correlates of cigarette smoking among Asian American and Pacific Islander adolescents
2013, Addictive BehaviorsCitation Excerpt :Past 30-day cigarette smoking was measured by “During the past 30 days, how many days did you use cigarettes?” Responses were recoded as 0 = “no smoking in the past 30 days” and 1 = “smoked in the past 30 days” (Unger et al., 2002). Variables in this system included attitudes toward smoking (8 items), perceived harm of cigarettes (1 item), and internal assets (18 items, α = .93).
Tobacco advertising, environmental smoking bans, and smoking in Chinese urban areas
2012, Drug and Alcohol DependenceCitation Excerpt :In this context, smoking may be perceived as a threat to familial health and financial solvency. Family and peer influences have been associated with smoking behavior in China (Unger et al., 2002; Yang et al., 2011). Our findings are confirmatory.
The Qingdao twin registry: A status update
2013, Twin Research and Human GeneticsDeterminants of Hardcore Smoking in a MULTI-ETHNIC Study of Cigarette Smokers in Singapore
2024, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
- ☆
This study was supported by the National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Drug Abuse Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center Grant 1 P50 CA84735-01 awarded to the University of Southern California. Support for the Wuhan Smoking Prevention Trial also was provided by the Wuhan Public Health and Anti-Epidemic Station, the Wuhan Public Health Bureau, and the University of Southern California. California data were collected as part of the Independent Evaluation of the California Tobacco Control, Prevention, and Education Program, with funds received from the Tobacco Tax Health Protection Act of 1988-Proposition 99, under Grant 95-22998, with the California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section. The analyses, interpretations, and conclusions reached in this paper are those of the authors, not the California Department of Health Services or the Wuhan government.
- 2
To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at USC Institute for Prevention Research, 1000 S. Fremont, Box 8, Alhambra, CA. Fax: (626) 457-4012. E-mail: [email protected].