Initial and experimental stages of tobacco and alcohol use during late childhood: relation to peer, parent, and personal risk factors

Article Abstract:

A staged model of smoking adoption was used to investigate the preliminary stages of tobacco and alcohol usage in children. Parameters related to abstinence, initiation and experimentation stages of tobacco and alcohol use were compared in a sample of 1,272 children by applying discriminant analysis. Results showed that modeling of use by best friends and the perceived prevalence of usage among same-age peers were most strongly linked to the preliminary stages of tobacco and alcohol use.

Psychological aspects, Children, Smoking and youth, Youth smoking, Alcohol and youth, Juvenile drinking

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Alcohol and tobacco use in the Minnesota Heart Health Program

Article Abstract:

The Minnesota Heart Health Program, a 10 year research and demonstration project with the objective of minimizing the risk of heart disease, collected data on smoking and alcohol consumption. A study using the data sought to prove the hypothesis that persons who quit smoking were more likely to reduce alcohol consumption, and that alcohol intake could be used to predict smoking behavior, Neither hypothesis was supported by the data, however.

Evaluation, Public health

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Long-term associations of helpful and harmful spousal behaviors with smoking cessation

Article Abstract:

The ability to stop smoking is directly related to a low amount of undermining behavior from the smoker's spouse. With higher frequencies of supportive behaviors, the willingness to make attempts to stop smoking increases. During the initial stage, supportive attitudes from the spouse considerably affect the smoking cessation. Fewer undermining behaviors help in the long-term maintenance of smoking cessation.

Analysis, Smoking cessation programs, Smoking cessation, Smokers, Husband and wife, Husband-wife relations

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