Presentation
Is Exposure to Peer and Family Smoking Associated with Youths' Initial Smoking Experiences?
6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health
(2009)
Abstract
Background:
- Peers and family member’s smoking is associated with adolescent smoking.
- Sensitivity to the initial smoking experience, determined by positive (for e.g., feeling relaxed, high, and good) and/or negative (for e.g., feeling nervous, sick, coughing) symptoms upon initial smoking experimentation, is also associated with youth smoking.
- However, the effect of peer and family member’s smoking on the initial smoking experiences of adolescents has not been previously studied.
- We present the findings of a cross-sectional analysis assessing the association between exposure to smoking from peers and family members on the symptoms of the initial smoking experience of adolescents.
Keywords
- Smoking,
- Smoking initiation,
- Tobacco
Disciplines
- Nursing and
- Public Health
Publication Date
November, 2009
Comments
A poster presentation at the 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Citation Information
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson and Joy L. Johnson. "Is Exposure to Peer and Family Smoking Associated with Youths' Initial Smoking Experiences?" 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chizimuzo_okoli/109/