Cannabis and tobacco use: Where are the boundaries? A qualitative study on cannabis consumption modes among adolescents

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-82

  Akre, Christina ^a   Michaud, Pierre André ^a   Berchtold, André ^a   Suris, Joan Carles ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CANNABIS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 75649095940     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp027     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Michaud PA, Berchtold A, Jeannin A et al.. Secular trends in legal and illegal substance use among 16 to 20 year old adolescents in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly 2006; 136: 318-326
2. Currie C, Roberts C,Morgan A et al.. Young People's Health in Context. Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study: International Report from the 2001/2002 Survey. Report No. 4. Denmark: World Health Organization; 2004.
3. Suris JC, Akre C, Berchtold A et al.. Some go without a cigarette: characteristics of cannabis users who have never smoked tobacco. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007; 161: 1042-1047
4. Ford DE, Vu HT, Anthony JC. Marijuana use and cessation of tobacco smoking in adults from a community sample. Drug Alcohol Depend 2002; 67: 243-248
5. Rigotti NA, Moran SE, Wechsler H. US college students' exposure to tobacco promotions: prevalence and association with tobacco use. Am J Public Health 2005; 95: 138-144 (Pubitemid 40075896)
6. Duhig AM, Cavallo DA, McKee SA. et al. Daily patterns of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in adolescent smokers and nonsmokers. Addict Behav 2005; 30: 271-283
7. Kandel DB. Does marijuana use cause the use of other drugs? JAMA 2003; 289: 482-483
8. Kandel DB. Stages in adolescent involvement in drug use. Science 1975; 190: 912-914
9. Highet G. The role of cannabis in supporting young people's cigarette smoking: a qualitative exploration. Health Educ Res 2004; 19: 635-643
10. Patton GC, Coffey C, Carlin JB. et al. Reverse gateways? Frequent cannabis use as a predictor of tobacco initiation and nicotine dependence. Addiction 2005; 100: 1518-1525
11. Amos A, Wiltshire S, Bostock Y. et al. 'You can't go without a fag . you need it for your hash'-a qualitative exploration of smoking, cannabis and young people. Addiction 2004 Jan; 99(1), 77-81.
12. Menghrajani P, Klaue K, Dubois-Arber F. et al. Swiss adolescents' and adults' perceptions of cannabis use: a qualitative study. Health Educ Res 2005; 20: 476-484
13. Rich M, Ginsburg KR. The reason and rhyme of qualitative research: why, when, and how to use qualitative methods in the study of adolescent health. J Adolesc Health 1999; 25: 371-378
14. Collingridge DS, Gantt EE. The quality of qualitative research. Am J Med Qual 2008; 23: 389-395
15. Morgan DL. Focus group. Ann Rev Soc 1996; 22: 129-152
16. Duchesne S, Haegel F. L'enquête et ses méthodes. L'entretien collectif. Paris, France: Nathan Université, 2004.
17. Kitzinger J. Qualitative research. Introducing focus groups. BMJ 1995; 311: 299-302.
18. Fountain J. Understanding and Responding to Drug Use: The Role of Qualitative Research. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2000.
19. Hancock B. Trent Focus Group for Research and Development in Primary Health Care: An Introduction to Qualitative Research. Trent Focus, 1998. Available at: http://www. trentrdsu.org.uk/cms/uploads/Qualitative%20Research. pdf.
20. Aung AT, Pickworth WB, Moolchan ET. History of marijuana use and tobacco smoking topography in tobaccodependent adolescents. Addict Behav 2004; 29: 699-706.
21. Agrawal A, Madden PA, Bucholz KK. et al. Transitions to regular smoking and to nicotine dependence in women using cannabis. Drug Alcohol Depend 2008; 95: 107-114
22. Henry JA, Oldfield WL, Kon OM. Comparing cannabis with tobacco. BMJ 2003; 326: 942-943
23. Kuntsche EN. Progression of a general substance use pattern among adolescents in Switzerland? Investigating the relationship between alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use over a 12-year period. Eur Addict Res 2004; 10: 118-125
24. Michaud P, Chossis I. Usage de cannabis et adolescents: ce que l'on sait et ce que l'on ne sait pas encore. Dépendances 2005; 27: 2-7.
25. Nutt D, King LA, Saulsbury W, Blakemore C. Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse. Lancet 2007; 369: 1047-1053