Social influences on cigarette initiation among college students

Ruth R. Staten; Melody Noland; Mary Kay Rayens; Ellen Hahn; Mark Dignan; S. Lee Ridner

doi:10.5993/AJHB.31.4.2

Social influences on cigarette initiation among college students

Ruth R. Staten, Melody Noland, Mary Kay Rayens, Ellen Hahn, Mark Dignan, S. Lee Ridner

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

30 Scopus citations

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the relationship of demographic and social influence with initiation of cigarette use among undergraduates. Methods: Students were mailed anonymous surveys including 437 participants who indicated that they had not smoked cigarettes before age 18. Of those, 107 became late initiators (24%), and 330 remained never smokers (76%). Results: Those who drank alcohol in college and had at least 1 parent with a college education were more likely to initiate smoking than were those who did not drink and neither parent had attended college. Conclusions: Strategies that focus on reducing alcohol and tobacco use need to be tested.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	353-362
Number of pages	10
Journal	American Journal of Health Behavior
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.31.4.2
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Cigarette initiation
College students
Prevention
Social influences

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.5993/AJHB.31.4.2

Cite this

@article{a2907907ed464d9f8daddfdaf2d2e348,

title = "Social influences on cigarette initiation among college students",

abstract = "Objectives: To examine the relationship of demographic and social influence with initiation of cigarette use among undergraduates. Methods: Students were mailed anonymous surveys including 437 participants who indicated that they had not smoked cigarettes before age 18. Of those, 107 became late initiators (24%), and 330 remained never smokers (76%). Results: Those who drank alcohol in college and had at least 1 parent with a college education were more likely to initiate smoking than were those who did not drink and neither parent had attended college. Conclusions: Strategies that focus on reducing alcohol and tobacco use need to be tested.",

keywords = "Cigarette initiation, College students, Prevention, Social influences",

author = "Staten, {Ruth R.} and Melody Noland and Rayens, {Mary Kay} and Ellen Hahn and Mark Dignan and Ridner, {S. Lee}",

year = "2007",

doi = "10.5993/AJHB.31.4.2",

language = "English",

volume = "31",

pages = "353--362",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Social influences on cigarette initiation among college students

AU - Staten, Ruth R.

AU - Noland, Melody

AU - Rayens, Mary Kay

AU - Hahn, Ellen

AU - Dignan, Mark

AU - Ridner, S. Lee

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - Objectives: To examine the relationship of demographic and social influence with initiation of cigarette use among undergraduates. Methods: Students were mailed anonymous surveys including 437 participants who indicated that they had not smoked cigarettes before age 18. Of those, 107 became late initiators (24%), and 330 remained never smokers (76%). Results: Those who drank alcohol in college and had at least 1 parent with a college education were more likely to initiate smoking than were those who did not drink and neither parent had attended college. Conclusions: Strategies that focus on reducing alcohol and tobacco use need to be tested.

AB - Objectives: To examine the relationship of demographic and social influence with initiation of cigarette use among undergraduates. Methods: Students were mailed anonymous surveys including 437 participants who indicated that they had not smoked cigarettes before age 18. Of those, 107 became late initiators (24%), and 330 remained never smokers (76%). Results: Those who drank alcohol in college and had at least 1 parent with a college education were more likely to initiate smoking than were those who did not drink and neither parent had attended college. Conclusions: Strategies that focus on reducing alcohol and tobacco use need to be tested.

KW - Cigarette initiation

KW - College students

KW - Prevention

KW - Social influences

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547335196&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=34547335196&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.5993/AJHB.31.4.2

DO - 10.5993/AJHB.31.4.2

M3 - Article

C2 - 17511570

AN - SCOPUS:34547335196

SN - 1087-3244

VL - 31

SP - 353

EP - 362

JO - American Journal of Health Behavior

JF - American Journal of Health Behavior

IS - 4

ER -

Social influences on cigarette initiation among college students

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this