Influence of Tobacco Marketing and Exposure to Smokers on Adolescent Susceptibility to Smoking

1995318 citationsJournal Article

Authors

N Evans · Indiana University Bloomington

A. J. Farkas · National Foundation for Cancer Research

Charles C. Berry · University of California San Diego

John P. Pierce · National Foundation for Cancer Research

Abstract

Our results support the hypothesis that tobacco marketing may be a stronger current influence in encouraging adolescents to initiate the smoking uptake process than exposure to peer or family smokers or sociodemographic variables including perceived school performance.

Topics & Keywords

Smoking Behavior and Cessation Behavioral Health and Interventions Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 87, Issue 20, pp. 1538-1545

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/87.20.1538

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