Social influences on cigarette initiation among college students

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-362

  Staten, Ruth R ^a,f   Noland, Melody ^b   Rayens, Mary Kay ^c   Hahn, Ellen ^c   Dignan, Mark ^d   Ridner, S Lee ^e  

^a University Health Service   (United States)

^b Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion ^*

^c Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette initiation; College students; Prevention; Social influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547335196     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.4.2     Document Type: Article

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