title: Social, attitudinal, and demographic correlates of adolescent vs college-age tobacco use initiation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine associations between social influences and smoking-related attitudes and age of cigarette use initiation among college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Responses from 3 campus surveys (2 random, 1 convenience) were analyzed. The surveys were modeled from existing state or national tobacco surveys and other psychometrically valid surveys.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Social and attitudinal variables were associated with college-age initiation or college-age increases in smoking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This research has implications for tobacco control efforts aimed at reducing or preventing tobacco use on college campuses, such as restricting availability of tobacco products on campus and preventing smoking in all campus buildings including residence halls.
authors: Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901-6502, USA. pstock@siu.edu
authors: Margaret S
authors: MS
authors: Stockdale
authors: Hayley L
authors: HL
authors: Dawson-Owens
authors: Lynda M
authors: LM
authors: Sagrestano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities