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Maria Leonora G Comello1, Kathleen J Kelly, Randall C Swaim
1School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. comello@email.unc.edu
Abstract:
We examined smoking correlates among Hispanic and white students in 6-12th grades in small communities in three states in the southwestern United States. Data were collected in 2002 from 8,479 participants, who completed surveys measuring a wide range of potential smoking correlates from individual, family, and peer domains. Logistic regression analyses showed that peer factors were the most robust correlates across both ethnicities and grade groups. An unexpected finding was the posited protective effect of male gender for older white students. Limitations and implications for prevention are discussed. This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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