Teenage Smoking, Attempts to Quit, and School Performance

Overview

Journal Am J Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 1998 Jun 10

PMID 9618625

Citations 8

Authors

T W Hu

Z Lin

T E Keeler

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Abstract

Objectives: This study examined the relationship between school performance, smoking, and quitting attempts among teenagers.

Methods: A logistic regression model was used to predict the probability of being a current smoker or a former smoker. Data were derived from the 1990 California Youth Tobacco Survey.

Results: Students' school performance was a key factor in predicting smoking and quitting attempts when other sociodemographic and family income factors were controlled.

Conclusions: Developing academic or remedial classes designed to improve students' school performance may lead to a reduction in smoking rates among teenagers while simultaneously providing a human capital investment in their futures.

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