BACKGROUND The present study aimed at comparing psychological problems between smoker and non-smoker students and also males and females. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 22 faculty members of public and private universities in Tehran were selected through random sampling and 913 students from the same universities were selected through convenient sampling and enrolled in this study with a 2-...

ALAN D. DESANTIS is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Kentucky. He is presently researching the ways fraternities and sororities both reinforce and challenge traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity on college campuses. " The primary function of these arguments was to inoculate regulars from the potential disonance-causing and anxiety-cr...

OBJECTIVE To track trends in cigar smoking and assess perceptions of cigar related health risks among Massachusetts adults. DESIGN A random digit dial telephone survey conducted in 1993 and a subsequent monthly random digit dial survey conducted March 1995 to June 2000. PARTICIPANTS 4733 adults who completed the 1993 survey and 14 868 adults who completed the monthly survey between 1995 and...