title: Adolescents' smoking behaviors, beliefs on the risks of smoking, and exposure to ETS in Juárez, Mexico.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the smoking behaviors, beliefs about the risks of smoking, and exposure to ETS among adolescents in Juárez, Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted with sixth-grade students (N=506), aged 11-13 years old, attending 6 randomly selected schools. Schools were classified by school setting and SES.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students attending a low SES school setting were more likely to have smoked (P < 0.01), be current smokers (P < 0.01), be exposed to ETS at home and in public (P < 0.01) than were students attending a middle or high SES school.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smoking interventions should target students attending school in low SES settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, College of Health & Social Services, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA. yelena@nmsu.edu
authors.forename: Yelena
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moraros
authors.forename: Larry K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Gloria D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Coronado
authors.forename: Beti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution