OBJECTIVE To extend the analysis of psychosocial risk factors for smoking presented in the
United States surgeon general's 1994 report on smoking and health, and to propose a …

It has been speculated that body weight and concern about body weight are important
factors in initiation of tobacco use among adolescents, particularly females. An examination …

BACKGROUND: Interventions have been designed to reduce the prevalence of smoking in
college/university students. This review presents a summary and synthesis of the …

Background: This study developed a screening tool for use by family physicians to identify
and assess women patients experiencing emotional and/or physical abuse by their partner …

BACKGROUND: In 1984, the United States Congress enacted legislation requiring four new
warning labels for cigarettes; warning labels in the United States have not changed since …

To describe the characteristics of persons in the United States who smoke but do not smoke
daily, we analyzed 1997–1998 data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The …

Abstract Data from the 1990 Ontario Health Survey were used to investigate the association
of socio-economic status with the likelihood of meeting current recommendations for four …

Methods: Initially, the overall data sets of 1002 respondents from two hospitals and four
community agencies were analyzed for demographics and scale and subscale mean …

Objectives. We sought to describe long-term adolescent and young adult smoking trends
and patterns. Methods. We analyzed adolescent data from Monitoring the Future, 1976 to …

Smoking uptake by adolescents is best studied by a following a cohort of children as they
proceed through adolescence. In this analysis of the first stage of such a study, several …