Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Apr 2004
Focus groups of Y-K Delta Alaska Natives: attitudes toward tobacco use and tobacco dependence interventions.
Tobacco dependence interventions developed for Alaska Natives are virtually nonexistent. Alaska Natives residing on the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y--K) Delta in southwestern Alaska use a unique form of smokeless tobacco (ST) known as Iqmik. This study employed focus group methodology to explore attitudes toward tobacco use and tobacco dependence interventions among Alaska Natives residing on the Y-K Delta. ⋯ The attitudes toward tobacco and identified barriers to stopping will be useful in developing tobacco dependence interventions for Alaska Natives.
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Preventive medicine · Apr 2004
Does adolescent perception of difficulty in getting cigarettes deter experimentation?
Considerable controversy surrounds tobacco control emphasis on youth-access-to-tobacco laws, as there is limited evidence that such enforcement reduces youth smoking. In California, access-law enforcement increased substantially in 1996 compared to earlier in the decade. ⋯ Increased enforcement of access laws may help protect young adolescents from experimenting with cigarettes by strengthening societal anti-tobacco norms. Such enforcement appears warranted as part of a comprehensive tobacco control program.
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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.