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ERIC Number: EJ602613
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Age of First Use of Cigarettes among Rural and Small Town Elementary School Children in Illinois.
Sarvela, Paul D.; Monge, Eduardo A.; Shannon, Dan V.; Nawrot, Robynn
Journal of School Health, v69 n10 p398-402 Dec 1999
Investigated the age at first cigarette use among rural and small town elementary students. Age-appropriate surveys of kindergarten through sixth-grade students indicated no significant difference in smoking between students in grades K-5, but smoking increased significantly in sixth grade. The strongest predictor variables were having tried alcohol, chewing tobacco, or snuff and being in sixth grade. (SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Drinking, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Rural Schools, Small Towns, Smoking, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Taking Behavior; Smokeless Tobacco