Influences of Tobacco Advertising Exposure and Conduct Problems on Smoking Behaviors Among Adolescent Males and Females

Parent-Child Relationship and Smoking Among College Students: Role of Parents in Females’ and Males’ Smoking Behavior

Objective: Youth smoking has long been a major concern at individual, familial, and national levels. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the role of parent-child relationship in the smoking behavior and smoking intensity among college students. We also aimed to investigate gender-specific variations in the association between mother-child and father-child relationships and smoki...

Cigarette advertising and adolescent smoking.

BACKGROUND Although most agree that the association between tobacco marketing and youth smoking is causal, few studies have assessed the specificity of this association. PURPOSE This study aims to examine the specificity of the association between cigarette advertising and teen smoking. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 3415 German schoolchildren aged 10-17 years was conducted using maske...

Interacting effects of depression and tobacco advertising receptivity on adolescent smoking.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the independent effects of exposure to others who smoke and receptivity to tobacco advertising on adolescent smoking practices and the moderating influence of depression on these relationships. METHODS Participants were 1,123 high school freshmen who completed a self-report survey as part of a longitudinal investigation of the biobehavioral predictors of adolescent smoki...

Peer and parental influences on adolescent smoking.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between peer and parental factors and smoking behavior of adolescents in urban cities and to investigate whether there are gender differences. METHODS A stratified and random cluster sampling design was used to obtain a cross-sectional sample of high school students in two urban cities. The sample consisted of 512 Korean adol...

Adolescent Males and Females the Myth of the Alpha Male: a New Look at Dominance-related Beliefs and Behaviors Among