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Published on: May 24, 2017
Cigarette use among young adults: comparisons between 2-year college students, 4-year college students, and those not
Kathleen Lenk1, Peter Rode, Lindsey Fabian
1Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. lenk@umn.edu
Objective:
To examine cigarette smoking among young adults based on education status.
Participants:
Community-based sample of 2,694 young adults in the United States
Methods:
The authors compared 3 groups--those not in college with no college degree, 2-year college students/graduates, 4-year college students/graduates--on various smoking measures: ever smoked, smoked in past month, smoked in past week, consider self a smoker, began smoking before age 15, smoked over 100 cigarettes in lifetime, ever tried to quit, and plan to quit in next year.
Results:
The authors found that for nearly all the smoking measures, the 4-year college group was at lowest risk, the noncollege group was at highest risk, and the 2-year college group represented a midpoint. Differences between groups remain after adjusting for parents' education and other potential confounding factors.
Conclusions:
Smoking behaviors clearly differ between the 2-year, 4-year, and no college groups. Interventions should be tailored for each group.
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