title: Smoking correlates among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adolescents in the US southwest.
abstract: We examined smoking correlates among Hispanic and white students in 6-12th grades in small communities in three states in the southwestern United States. Data were collected in 2002 from 8,479 participants, who completed surveys measuring a wide range of potential smoking correlates from individual, family, and peer domains. Logistic regression analyses showed that peer factors were the most robust correlates across both ethnicities and grade groups. An unexpected finding was the posited protective effect of male gender for older white students. Limitations and implications for prevention are discussed. This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
authors.affiliation: School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. comello@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Maria Leonora G
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Comello
authors.forename: Kathleen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Randall C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Swaim
authors.forename: Kimberly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D015206:Southwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*