The prevalence of smoking among Croatian adolescents is alarmingly high, but no previous study has prospectively examined the sport- and academic-factors associated with smoking and smoking initiation. This study aimed to prospectively examine the associations between scholastic (educational) achievement and sport factors and smoking in 16- to 18-year-old adolescents. This two-year prospective ...

The motivations and reasons for smoking initiation, continuation, cessation women are different from men. This paper investigates the differences in rate intensity by gender Turkey 2008 to 2014. results indicate significant decision smoke how much gender. Results further that positive effects of anti-smoking policies fading away over time. Especially women, consumption levels higher 2014 than 2...

BACKGROUND There are several types of tobacco control interventions/policies which can change future smoking exposure. The most basic intervention types are 1) smoking cessation interventions 2) preventing smoking initiation and 3) implementation of a nationwide policy affecting quitters and starters simultaneously. The possibility for dynamic quantification of such different interventions is k...

OBJECTIVE To test movie exposure and television use as predictors of smoking initiation among white and black adolescents who had never smoked cigarettes. DESIGN Survey research using audio computer-assisted self-interviews at baseline and at 2-year follow-up (2002-2004). SETTING Participants' homes located in central North Carolina. PARTICIPANTS A sample of 735 12- to 14-year-old adolesc...

BACKGROUND Medical education requires detailed investigation because it is a period during which the attitudes and behaviors of physicians develop. The purpose of this study was to calculate the yearly smoking prevalence and incidence rates of medical faculty students and to identify the risk factors for adopting smoking behaviour. METHODS This is a cohort study in which every student was ask...

Little is known regarding the underlying relationship between smoking initiation and current quantity smoked during adolescence into young adulthood. It is possible that the influences of genetic and environmental factors on this relationship vary across sex and age. To investigate this further, the current study applied a common causal contingency model to data from a Virginia-based twin study...