Recent Trends in Adolescent Smoking, Smoking-Uptake Correlates, and Expectations About the Future

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Ecuadorian adolescents and cigarette smoking: a cross-sectional survey

“…Consistent with research conducted in the United States (3,(7)(8)(9), this study finds sibling and peer smoking behavior a significant influence on the participants' own smoking behavior. A brother's or sister's smoking behavior relates significantly to that of the respondent, with boys being influenced more by their brothers and girls by their sisters.…”

“…Peers and siblings are clearly important social influences on young smokers-to-be (3,(7)(8)(9). The pervasiveness of cigarette promotion in Ecuador is also quite strong and may influence the development of behavioral norms for young people (10)(11)(12).…”

Tobacco use in youth with mental illnesses

“…A study by Moss et al (1992) found that nearly three out of every four adolescent smokers have made at least one serious quit attempt and have failed to stop smoking. Other literature states that 82% of 11-to 19-year-olds who smoke, at any given time, are thinking about quitting, and that 77% of youth smokers have made a serious quit attempt in the past year.…”

Physiological Sensations of Initial Smoking in the Development of Regular Smoking Behavior

“…The sample selected was a group of birth cohort adolescents (N=7,960) who participated in the 1989 and 1993 Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey (TAPS I and TAPS II, respectively) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (Moss, Allen, Giovino, & Mills, 1992). At the time of the TAPS II survey, the ages of the sample ranged between 15 to 22 years.…”