Adolescent cigarette consumption: The influence of attitudes and peer drug use

Sing Kai LO, Debra BLAZE‐TEMPLE, Colin W. BINNS, Claudia OVENDEN

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Abstract

Predictors of tobacco consumption were investigated with path analytic techniques using household survey data from 1,093 teenagers aged 13-17. When current smokers are compared to past or never smokers, pro-tobacco attitudes are always the most important predictor variable followed by friends' use of marijuana and own use of marijuana, suggesting that pro-tobacco attitudes are responsible for maintaining tobacco consumption. We infer that peer illicit drug use has the greatest effect in taking up smoking because it is the most important predictor of past smoker status compared to never smoking and it does not appear as such an important predictor of current use compared to never smoker status. Pro-tobacco attitudes are a consequence of smoking rather than an influence upon taking up smoking. Copyright © 1993 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1515-1530
JournalInternational Journal of the Addictions
Volume28
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993

Citation

Lo, S. K., Blaze-Temple, D., Binns, C. W., & Ovenden, C. (1993). Adolescent cigarette consumption: The influence of attitudes and peer drug use. International Journal of the Addictions, 28(14), 1515-1530. doi: 10.3109/10826089309062197

Keywords

  • Adolescent behavior
  • Tobacco
  • Attitude
  • Peer group

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