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ERIC Number: EJ596261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Smokeless Tobacco Use in Adolescents: The Cardiovascular Health in Children (CHIC II) Study.
Lewis, Paul C.; Harrell, Joanne S.; Deng, Shibing; Bradley, Chyrise
Journal of School Health, v69 n8 p320-25 Oct 1999
Examined age, gender, ethnicity, self-esteem, physical activity, parental smoking, and socioeconomic status as predictors of smokeless tobacco use among middle-school students. Student surveys indicated that males, Hispanics, and older students were more likely to be current smokeless-tobacco users. Other influential factors were low self-esteem and having parents who currently smoked. (SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Adolescents, Ethnicity, Health Behavior, Hispanic Americans, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Parent Influence, Physical Activity Level, Self Esteem, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Student Behavior, Tobacco
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Taking Behavior; Smokeless Tobacco