title: Characteristics of social smoking among college students.
abstract: Social smoking is a newly identified phenomenon in the young adult population that is poorly understood. We investigated differences in social smoking (smoking most commonly while partying or socializing) and other smoking within a convenience sample of college smokers (n = 351) from a large midwestern university. Results revealed that 70% of 351 current (past 30-day) smokers reported social smoking. No significant difference was found in motivation to quit between smoking groups. However, a significant difference was found between groups in confidence to quit, the number of days smoked, and the number of cigarettes smoked on those days. More social smokers than expected did not perceive themselves as smokers. Logistic regression analysis revealed that lower physical and psychological dependence and higher social support scores predicted social smoking.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. kimjwaters@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Niaman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nazir
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waigandt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities