Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2004
Lifetime parental smoking history and cessation and early adolescent smoking behavior.
Associations are examined between parental smoking and smoking onset by their children. Smoking parents are more likely to have children who start smoking in their teenage years; however, less is known about whether parental quitting is related to adolescent smoking. ⋯ Parental smoking history is associated with smoking initiation in early adolescence. Parental cessation at an early age of their offspring reduces the likelihood of adolescent smoking initiation. Preventive efforts, therefore, should focus on the benefits of parental cessation as early as possible.
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Smokeless tobacco (ST) substitution for cigarettes as a method to reduce harm has been actively debated. Use of ST as a smoking cessation method or as a means to reduce cigarettes has been proposed. The impact of using ST in these ways is relatively unknown. ⋯ Considerably more research and product regulation is necessary prior to considering smokeless tobacco as a harm reduction method.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2004
Cigarette brand preferences of smokers among university students in Japan.
A survey on smoking behavior and relating factors among university students is necessary for establishing antismoking measures toward younger generation. To determine brand preferences of young smokers, we conducted a cross-sectional survey for students in a university. ⋯ Cigarette brand preference is an important aspect to realize the smoking behavior among young smokers.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2004
Associations between smoking prevalence, stages of change, cigarette consumption, and quit attempts across the United States.
We tested whether across the 50 U.S. States, smoking prevalence was associated with smoking behavior among smokers. ⋯ Across the 50 States, a higher prevalence of cigarette smoking was associated with a lower motivation to quit smoking, fewer quit attempts, and higher cigarette consumption among smokers.