Smoking among upper secondary pupils with asthma: reasons for their smoking behavior: a population-based study.
We compared why adolescent pupils with and without asthma started smoking and currently smoke. Girls with asthma started smoking less often because of friends smoking, and asthmatics started more often because of pressure, especially asthmatic boys. Fewer asthmatics smoked currently for social reasons and more to stay slim, mainly asthmatic boys.
Precht
Dorthe Hansen
DH
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark. dh06@bbh.hosp.dk
Keiding
Lis
L
Nielsen
Gert Allan
GA
Madsen
Mette
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010379:Peer Group; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior