Smoking Trajectory Classes and Impact of Social Smoking Identity in Two Cohorts of U.S. Young Adults

Emerging Adulthood

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 258-269

  Johnson, Amanda L ^a   Villanti, Andrea C ^a,b   Williams, Valerie ^c   Rath, Jessica M ^b,d   Vallone, Donna M ^a,d,e   Abrams, David B ^a,e,f   Hedeker, Donald ^g   Mermelstein, Robin J ^h  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c General Dynamics Information Technology General Dynamics Health Solutions   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

latent class growth model; social smoking; tobacco; trajectory; young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046646889     PISSN: 21676968     EISSN: 21676984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167696818763949     Document Type: Article

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