Availability of cigarettes as a risk factor for trial smoking in adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
To examine associations between cigarette availability measures with trial (ie, first) use of cigarettes.


METHODS
At Time 1 and one year later (Time 2), 478 adolescents completed smoking surveys. Trial smoking at Time 2 was predicted from Time 1 availability variables (prospective prediction), as well as Time 2 availability variables (cross-sectional prediction).


RESULTS
Offers from friends/classmates were a significant cross-sectional predictor. In prospective analyses, greater perceptions of ease of obtaining cigarettes from parents and greater frequency of offers from an adult were related to trial smoking.


CONCLUSIONS
Adult influences, including parental factors, may predispose a young adolescent to smoke.
Woodruff
Susan I
SI
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. swoodruf@mail.sdsu.edu
Candelaria
Jeanette I
JI
Laniado-Laborín
Rafael
R
Sallis
James F
JF
Villaseñor
Adriana
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D014026:Nicotiana; D014481:United States