Adolescent smokers' provision of tobacco to other adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
This study examined adolescent smokers provision of tobacco to other adolescents.


METHODS
Data from a survey of 8th-, 9th-, and 10th-grade students in Minnesota were analyzed by using mixed-model logistic regression.


RESULTS
More than two thirds (68.8%) of adolescent smokers had provided tobacco to another adolescent in the previous 30 days. Mother's smoking, number of friends who smoke, owning tobacco merchandise, number of cigarettes smoked in the past week, source of last cigarette (commercial), and recent attempt to buy cigarettes were associated with providing.


CONCLUSIONS
The social availability of tobacco to youth needs further examination.
Wolfson
M
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Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454-1015, USA.
Forster
J L
JL
Claxton
A J
AJ
Murray
D M
DM
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008910:Minnesota; D009035:Mothers; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D014026:Nicotiana