title: Cigarette smoking in Cree Indian school children of the James Bay region.
abstract: A survey of cigarette smoking habits of Cree Indian school children in the James Bay region of northern Quebec was carried out. Out of 689 questionnaires completed by students in grades 6 through Secondary V (approximately ages 11 through 18), 13.2% were nonsmokers, 35.4% were exsmokers, and 51.4% were current smokers. 65% of the smokers were daily smokers and they averaged 7 cigarettes per day. Factors positively associated with being a current smoker were age, female sex, having a mother who smoked, and having a best friend who smoked.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lavallee
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D011792:Quebec; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology