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Contextual factors and youth tobacco use: policy linkages
Author(s) -
Chaloupka Frank J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1046/j.1360-0443.98.s1.10.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , set (abstract data type) , psychology , work (physics) , political science , social psychology , environmental health , public relations , medicine , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , communication , programming language
This paper provides a short commentary on the set of papers contained in this special issue that discuss various contextual factors that affect youth smoking. It highlights the interrelationships between the economic and policy factors, media influences, community factors, peer influences and familial factors that impact on youth smoking. Particular emphasis is given to the direct effects of prices and policies on youth smoking, and to the indirect effects of these factors as they work through the other contextual factors.