Smoking Initiation Associated With Specific Periods in the Life Course From Birth to Young Adulthood: Data From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997

Chen, Xinguang; Jacques‐Tiura, Angela J.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2013.301530

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“…Individual smoking behavior is dynamic (e.g., some people avoid smoking throughout their life, others start and stop) and occurs in relation to broader social connections and changes in those connections. Although most people who smoke begin during adolescence or young adulthood (Chen & Jacques-Tiura, 2014), some people initiate in childhood and others later in life, perhaps in response to changing social circumstances. Survey methods typically divide smoking behavior into three categories that include current smokers, former smokers, and never smokers (Lariscy, Hummer, & Hayward, 2015;Nelson et al, 2018), but this approach treats smoking as a relatively stable activity and misses shifts in and out of smoking and when, why, and how these shifts occur.…”

Section: Human Development Life Course Transitions and Smokingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Influence of social connections on smoking behavior across the life course

Thomeer

Hernandez

Umberson

et al. 2019

Advances in Life Course Research

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Although we know much about demographic patterns of smoking, we know less about people's explanations for when, how and why they avoid, develop, or alter smoking habits and how these explanations are linked to social connections across the life course. We analyze data from in-depth interviews with 60 adults aged 25-89 from a large southwestern U.S. city to consider how social connections shape smoking behavior across the life course. Respondents provided explanations for how and why they avoided, initiated, continued, and/or quit smoking. At various times, social connections were viewed as having both positive and negative influences on smoking behavior. Both people who never smoked and continuous smokers pointed to the importance of early life social connections in shaping decisions to smoke or not smoke, and viewed later connections (e.g., marriage, coworkers) as less important. People who quit smoking or relapsed tended to attribute their smoking behavior to social connections in adulthood rather than early life. People who changed their smoking behavior highlighted the importance of transitions as related to social connections, with more instability in social connections often discussed by relapsed smokers as a reason for instability in smoking status. A qualitative approach together with a life course perspective highlights the pivotal role of social connections in shaping trajectories of smoking behavior throughout the life course.

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Section: Human Development Life Course Transitions and Smokingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Smoking behavior is patterned over the life course, with smoking often initiated early in adolescence but diminishing as people transition into their adult roles (Chen & Jacques-Tiura, 2014;CDC, 2011). Survey research indicates that social connections are key predictors of a person's smoking behavior.…”

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Influence of social connections on smoking behavior across the life course

Thomeer

Hernandez

Umberson

et al. 2019

Advances in Life Course Research

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“…However, smoking rates and consequences are not distributed evenly across the population. Youth are by far the most likely to initiate smoking (Chen & Jacques-Tiura, 2014). Among adults, the highest rates of smoking are among low-income individuals, people with mental health problems, and gays, lesbians, and bisexuals (GLBs; Annamalai, Singh, & O’Malley, 2015; Jamal et al, 2015; Lee, Griffin, & Melvin, 2009).…”

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Social identity and support for counteracting tobacco company marketing that targets vulnerable populations

Baig

Pepper

Morgan

et al. 2017

Social Science & Medicine

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Rationale Tobacco companies use advertising to target vulnerable populations, including youth, racial/ethnic minorities, and sexual minorities. Objective We sought to examine how personal identity affects support for population-specific anti-smoking advertisements that could serve as countermeasures to industry practices. Methods In 2014–2015, we surveyed probability phone samples of adults and adolescents (n = 6,139) and an online convenience sample of adults (n = 4,137) in the United States. We experimentally varied the description of tobacco industry marketing practices (no description, general, or specific to a target group). The four prevention target groups were teens; African Americans; Latinos; and gays, lesbians, and bisexuals (GLBs). Participants were either members or non-members of their prevention target group. Results Support was highest for anti-smoking advertisements targeting teens, moderate for Latinos and African Americans, and lowest for GLBs. In-group members expressed higher support than out-group members when anti-smoking advertisements targeted African Americans, Latinos, and GLBs (all p < .05). However, when teens were the target prevention group, in-group members expressed lower support than out-group members (p < .05). The description of industry marketing practices did not have an effect. Results were similar across the phone and online studies. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the public strongly supports advertisements to prevent smoking among teens, but support for similar efforts among other vulnerable populations is comparatively low. Anti-smoking campaigns for vulnerable populations may benefit from a greater understanding of the role of social identity in shaping public support for such campaigns.

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“…3 "Social smoking" is a pattern of smoking typically defined as smoking primarily in social contexts where others are smoking and is often characterized as a subtype of non-daily or light smoking. Given that emerging adulthood is a vulnerable period for smoking initiation 4 and transition to heavier smoking, 5 it is important to understand patterns of less heavy smoking, including social smoking, in this population that may be less susceptible to public health or cessation messages.…”

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Prevalence and Correlates of Social Smoking in Young Adults: Comparisons of Behavioral and Self-Identified Definitions

Lisha

Delucchi

Ling

et al. 2014

NICTOB

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Introduction: Social smoking is an increasingly common pattern among emerging adults. Although distinct patterns have emerged between social smokers and non-social smokers, there is discrepancy about how to define the construct, with inconsistencies between self-identified social smoking and behavioral social smoking. We report prevalence and correlates of young adult smokers who self-identify and behave as social smokers (SELF + BEH), self-identified non-behavioral social smokers (SELF-ONLY), and non-social smokers (NON-SOCIAL). Methods: Young adults age 18-25 years who have smoked at least 1 cigarette in the past 30 days (N = 1,811) were recruited through Facebook for a national anonymous, online survey of tobacco and other substance use. Three social smoking items were used to categorize respondents into 1 of 3 smoking groups. Groups were examined for prevalence and differences on demographics, substance use, motivation to quit smoking and thoughts about tobacco abstinence. Results: SELF-ONLY (46%) was the largest group, followed by SELF + BEH (27%) and NON-SOCIAL (27%). SELF + BEH smoke less frequently, smoke fewer cigarettes per day, are less addicted to cigarettes, have a higher desire to quit, and perceive a lower quitting difficulty compared with SELF-ONLY. SELF + BEH and SELF-ONLY were more likely to be male, be marijuana users, and be addicted to marijuana than NON-SOCIAL. SELF + BEH exhibited a lower frequency of smoking, less cigarettes per day, were less addicted, and had more days co-using alcohol and cigarettes than NON-SOCIAL. Conclusion: Identifying social smokers based on self-identification in addition to behavioral components appears to be important for designing smoking cessation interventions for emerging adults.

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Smoking Initiation Associated With Specific Periods in the Life Course From Birth to Young Adulthood: Data From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997

Cited by 26 publications

References 45 publications

Influence of social connections on smoking behavior across the life course

Influence of social connections on smoking behavior across the life course

Social identity and support for counteracting tobacco company marketing that targets vulnerable populations

Prevalence and Correlates of Social Smoking in Young Adults: Comparisons of Behavioral and Self-Identified Definitions

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