Adolescents report both positive and negative consequences of experimentation with cigarette use

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 585-590

  Brady, Sonya S ^a   Song, Anna V ^b   Halpern Felsher, Bonnie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Benefits; Cigarettes; Consequences; Costs; Decision making; Experimentation; Risk behavior; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 44949113358     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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