Family and Peer Risk Factors as Predictors of Lifetime Tobacco Use among Iranian Adolescents: Gender Similarities and Differences | Zendy

Azam Baheiraei | Zendy; Farzaneh Soltani | Zendy; Abbas Ebadi | Zendy; Mohammad Ali Cheraghi | Zendy; Abbas Rahimi Foroushani | Zendy

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Family and Peer Risk Factors as Predictors of Lifetime Tobacco Use among Iranian Adolescents: Gender Similarities and Differences

Author(s) -

Azam Baheiraei,

Farzaneh Soltani,

Abbas Ebadi,

Mohammad Ali Cheraghi,

Abbas Rahimi Foroushani

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

global journal of health science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-9744

pISSN - 1916-9736

DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v6n4p63

Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , medicine , tobacco use , logistic regression , peer pressure , chewing tobacco , population , peer group , environmental health , demography , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , cancer , sociology

Family and peer risk factors are considered as important predictors of tobacco use in adolescents. Furthermore, information regarding gender differences in lifetime tobacco use of adolescents is essential for designing gender-specific tobacco prevention policies.

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