Relationship of personal tobacco-raising, parental smoking, and other factors to tobacco use among adolescents living in a tobacco-producing region

doi:10.1016/0306-4603(95)00063-1

Addictive Behaviors

Volume 21, Issue 3, May–June 1996, Pages 349-361

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Abstract

This study examined factors related to tobacco use among youth from tobacco-raising (TRH) and nonraising households (NRH). The subjects were 3,851 seventh-grade students from 19 middle schools located in a tobacco-raising region. Valid self-reports of tobacco use were encouraged by the use of a test for carbon monoxide in expired air. Cigarette use was higher when

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(a) at least one parent smoked, and/or
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(b) the student personally raised tobacco.

A boy who personally raised tobacco and had at least one parent who smoked was 10.2 times more likely to have smoked in the last 7 days than a boy from a nonraising household in which neither parent smoked. For girls, the odds ratio was 5.6:1. Tobacco use among students in this high-risk group was higher than rates reported in national or regional studies. Other results were:

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(1) use began very early — 16% of the students had tried cigarettes and 13% of the boys had tried smokeless tobacco (SLT) in Grade 3 or earlier: and
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(2) users reported more lenient rules at home regarding tobacco use than did nonusers. Years from now, these high-risk students are likely to be major contributors to increased morbidity and mortality due to tobacco use. Implications for tobacco prevention in tobacco-raising areas are discussed.

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Relationship of personal tobacco-raising, parental smoking, and other factors to tobacco use among adolescents living in a tobacco-producing region☆

Abstract

Preventive Medicine

Addictive Behaviors

Preventive Medicine

Preventive Medicine

Addictive Behaviors

Addictive Behaviors

Teenage tobacco use: Data estimates from the teenage attitudes and practices survey, United States, 1989

Smokeless tobacco use among Native American school children

Public Health Reports

Correlates of adolescents' use of smokeless tobacco

Health Education Quarterly

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New England Journal of Medicine

Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction

A comparison of smoking-related attitudes and behaviors among Kentucky public school children whose families are and are not involved in tobacco production

Journal of School Health

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Southern Medical Journal