title: Cigarette use among young adults: comparisons between 2-year college students, 4-year college students, and those not in college.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine cigarette smoking among young adults based on education status.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-based sample of 2,694 young adults in the United States
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors compared 3 groups--those not in college with no college degree, 2-year college students/graduates, 4-year college students/graduates--on various smoking measures: ever smoked, smoked in past month, smoked in past week, consider self a smoker, began smoking before age 15, smoked over 100 cigarettes in lifetime, ever tried to quit, and plan to quit in next year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors found that for nearly all the smoking measures, the 4-year college group was at lowest risk, the noncollege group was at highest risk, and the 2-year college group represented a midpoint. Differences between groups remain after adjusting for parents' education and other potential confounding factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smoking behaviors clearly differ between the 2-year, 4-year, and no college groups. Interventions should be tailored for each group.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. lenk@umn.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lenk
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rode
authors.forename: Lindsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabian
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bernat
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forster
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities / Q000145:classification; D055815:Young Adult