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  1. Childhood/Adolescent Smoking and Adult Smoking and Cessation: The

    Background. Despite declining US adolescent smoking prevalence from 40% among 12th graders in 1995 to around 10% in 2018, adolescent smoking is still a significant problem. Using the International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium, which includes 7 international cohorts recruited in childhood and followed into adulthood, the present study was designed to confirm the important ...

  2. Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking

    A relationship between smoking and interpersonal influences has been well established within the literature. There have been cultural shifts in denormalisation and a reduction in tobacco smoking in many countries. Hence there is a need to understand social influences on adolescents' smoking across smoking normalisation contexts. The search was conducted in July 2019 and updated in March 2022 ...

  3. 1 Introduction, Summary, and Conclusions

    Tobacco use is a global epidemic among young people. As with adults, it poses a serious health threat to youth and young adults in the United States and has significant implications for this nation's public and economic health in the future (Perry et al. 1994; Kessler 1995). The impact of cigarette smoking and other tobacco use on chronic disease, which accounts for 75% of American spending ...

  4. Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies on Factors Associated With

    Introduction. Smoking tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death causing more than 8 million deaths annually worldwide. 1 Tobacco use initiation occurs primarily during early adolescence, a particularly vulnerable stage in the life course characterized by experimenting with risky behaviors. 2 The World Health Organization report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 3 estimated that in 2018 ...

  5. Prevalence and trends in tobacco use among adolescents aged 13-15 years

    The global prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents aged 13-15 years was substantial. Although the prevalence of cigarette smoking decreased over time in the majority of countries, the prevalence of the use of other tobacco products increased or did not change in the majority of countries during the past two decades. These findings re-emphasise the need to strengthen tobacco control ...

  6. A qualitative study of factors influencing adolescent smoking behaviors

    Introduction. Smoking amongst adolescent is increasing every year in Indonesia and around the world. One of the causes of the high rates of smoking amongst adolescents or novice smokers is that the adolescent wants to appear mature and show off. 1, 2 An interesting finding of the present study is psychosocial development during elementary school affects smoking behavior in early adolescent ...

  7. Cigarette smoking by adolescents : exploring a hypothesis of social

    2) Testing of a hypothesis that adolescent smoking is associated with marginalization from formal social networks. 3) Insight into associations between smoking by young people and other risk behaviour that can compromise health. We have found that smoking is related to other behaviours that can compromise health.

  8. Research on tobacco use among teenagers: ethical challenges1

    Recent increases in adolescent smoking portend upcoming public health challenges as the majority of smokers initiate long-term addiction during youth, but experience major health consequences later in life. To effectively address this important teenage and adult health issue, critical research information and early interventions are needed, yet conducting tobacco research with teen smokers ...

  9. Peer effects on adolescent smoking: Are popular teens more ...

    At the current rate of adoption, 5.6 million Americans under 18 -about 1 of every 13- will die early from a smoking-related illness. Previous research points to peer influence as an important cause of adolescent smoking [ 3 - 9 ]. Adolescents are especially vulnerable to social influence as they try to fit in with their peers [ 10, 11 ].

  10. Tobacco use in young people: being emic to end the epidemic

    In their Article in The Lancet Public Health, Marissa Reitsma and colleagues1 report their comprehensive analysis of smoking tobacco use in young people from more than 3000 tobacco surveys from 204 countries and territories around the world. The result is an invaluable overview of an epidemic that causes millions of deaths every year. Their detailed mapping of the prevalence of smoking tobacco ...

  11. Factors influencing adolescent experimental and current smoking

    Among smoking-related cognitions, self-efficacy is the best predictor of adolescents' smoking behaviors. A positive attitude toward smoking or adolescents' perceptions of the social influence of smoking predict an increased risk of adolescents smoking . The family and the school are the closest social contexts to developing adolescents, making ...

  12. Peer influences on adolescent cigarette smoking: a theoretical review

    External influence theories are those in which friends' smoking behavior overtly influences adolescent smoking. Group level theories examine how differences at the level of subculture, gender, and race/ethnicity influence the relationship under study. Network theories are also discussed. A model integrating relevant theories into a longitudinal ...

  13. Smoking and adolescent health

    According to Kim 13), smoking is the most important predictor of adolescent delinquency and criminal behavior, which is supported by the fact that the smoking rate is only 15.3% among average adolescents but 96.3% in delinquent adolescents. This demonstrates that smoking is the first gateway to juvenile delinquency.

  14. Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking

    Introduction. The relationship between smoking and peers has been well established within the literature, with a review of qualitative research having identified interpersonal influences on smoking, including a desire for peer acceptance and a sense of belonging [].Previous research has also established that smoking attitudes and behaviours of adolescents and their peers may be influenced at ...

  15. Adolescent smoking

    Efforts to prevent adolescent smoking have shown appreciable success in reducing the rate of "uptake." A frequent intervention strategy has focused on protecting adolescents against peer influence through teaching them skills for refusing or counteracting such influence and posing counterinfluence by recruiting high-status peers as leaders of ...

  16. Examining the Association between Parental Smoking and Adolescent Age

    parental smoking and adolescent age of smoking initiation in 14 African countries. Data for this study was obtained from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey from 2003 - present.

  17. Adolescent Cigarette Smoking, Emotion Regulation, and Arrest

    Adolescent Cigarette Smoking, Emotion Regulation, and Arrest. Download (426.4 kB) + Collect. thesis. posted on 2023-04-30, 17:00 authored by Marika Rosenblum. Background and Aims: Arrest during adolescence is associated with myriad negative outcomes, such as increased likelihood of future arrest and decreased likelihood of graduating high school.

  18. Adolescent Smoking: A Cross-sectional Study on the Knowledge, Attitude

    Conclusion. Adolescents are knowledgeable and have a negative attitude towards smoking. Regardless if they are non-smokers, tried smoking, or are currently smoking, they still need to be educated more regarding the effects and consequences of smoking. Keywords: smoking, tobacco use, electronic cigarette, vaping, adolescents

  19. Parental, Peer, and Tobacco Marketing Influences on Adolescent Smoking

    Maternal smoking appeared to have a greater impact on adolescent smoking behavior as compared to paternal smoking. Also, peer smoking had the greatest impact on smoking behavior as compared to the other independent factors. ... "Parental, Peer, and Tobacco Marketing Influences on Adolescent Smoking in South Africa." Thesis, Georgia State ...

  20. Electronic Cigarettes: Addiction and Physiological Effects within

    prominent habit within high school and college students (Office of Adolescent Health, 2016). Over the last decades, many different campaigns were run to combat the drug and smoking issue (HHS Office, and Public Affairs, 2018). Until recently, underage smoking (age 21) was at an all-time low. Unfortunately a new threat may be arising.

  21. Tobacco Use Among Children and Teens

    Rates of overall tobacco use remain high, however. In 2015, 25.3% of high school students and 7.4% of middle school students used a tobacco product. 7. Since 1990, teenagers and young adults have had the highest rates of maternal smoking during pregnancy. In 2014, 10.2% of female teens aged 15 to 19 and 13% of women aged 20 to 24 smoked during ...

  22. Smoking and Adolescents

    Legislation plays a major role in controlling the habit of smoking among adolescents. Countries that have legislation against sale and distribution of tobacco and its products have lower rates of smoking among adolescents. Legislation is a crucial deterrent to errant behaviours such as smoking and aims at safeguarding minors from influences ...

  23. Teenage Smoking Essay: Writing Guide & Smoking Essay Topics

    This step helps structure your ideas properly. Create a well-organized plan and add there all the proof and examples. Make sure that everything is logical, and start writing your teenage smoking essay. Form a clear thesis. In your thesis statement, state your position and introduce the chosen cause and effect of smoking.

  24. E-Cigarette Use Among Youth

    Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, which is highly addictive. Nicotine can harm the parts of an adolescent's brain that control attention, learning, mood, and impulse control. 2. E-cigarette marketing, the availability of flavored products, social influences, and the effects of nicotine can influence youth to start or continue vaping. 3 4

  25. Legal Weed Is Coming. It's Time to Come Up With Some Rules

    An April 2024 study in JAMA Psychiatry analyzed survey data from 1993 to 2021 and found that teen cannabis use was no more common in the 24 states that legalized adult recreational use than elsewhere.