Smoking and adolescence: Exploring tobacco consumption and related attitudes in three different age groups in Switzerland

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serval:BIB_629E80B98B43
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
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Title
Smoking and adolescence: Exploring tobacco consumption and related attitudes in three different age groups in Switzerland
Journal
Journal of Youth Studies
Author(s)
Bosson M., Maggiori C., Gygax P., Gay C.
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
15
Number
2
Pages
225-240
Language
english
Abstract
The present study constitutes an investigation of tobacco consumption, related attitudes and individual differences in smoking or non-smoking behaviors in a sample of adolescents of different ages in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. We investigated three school-age groups (7th-grade, 9th-grade, and the second-year of high school) for differences in attitude and social and cognitive dimensions. We present both descriptive and inferential statistics. On an inferential level, we present a binary logistic regression-based model predicting risk of smoking. The resulting model most importantly suggests a strong relationship between smoking and alcohol consumption (both regular and sporadic). We interpret this result in terms of both the impact of the actual campaigns and the cognitive processes associated with adolescence.
Keywords
smoking prevention, smoking habits, attitudes towards smoking, young adulthood, alcohol
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