Youthful Smoking: Patterns and Relationships to Alcohol and Other Drug Use

• NCJ Number: 108942
• Journal: Journal of Adolescence Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1987) Pages: 327-340
• Author(s): J W Welte; G M Barnes
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 14 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Smoking patterns were examined in a sample of 27,335 New York State junior and senior high school students.

Abstract

All students present on the date of the survey completed an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire. Results revealed that smoking was more prevalent among girls than boys, whites more than members of minority groups. Marijuana use was the best single predictor of whether a student smoked or not. However, heavy drinking was the best predictor of quantity smoked among smokers. 4 tables, 1 figure, and 22 references. (Author abstract modified)