Title

Examining The Use Of Tobacco On College Campuses

Keywords

Cigarettes; College students; Smoking

Abstract

The authors used the Health Risk Behavior Survey for University Students to assess the prevalence of tobacco use among undergraduates in the Florida state university system. They examined the relationships of gender, marital situation, and minority status to 6 smoking behaviors (tried cigarettes, smoked regularly, tried to quit smoking, age when first smoked regularly, number of cigarettes smoked in the last month, and number of days smoked in the past month). Findings suggested that White students were more likely than minority students to try cigarettes and women more likely than men to smoke regularly. Married students smoked more regularly than others and were less likely than single students to have tried to quit smoking. The investigators suggested analyzing latent behaviors associated with smoking and called for a national meta-analysis of data from smoking studies to help clinicians deal with student tobacco use. © 1999, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Publication Title

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volume

47

Issue

6

Number of Pages

260-265

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/07448489909595657

Socpus ID

0032957870 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0032957870

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