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Adolescent Tobacco Dependency

Author(s) -

Bittoun R.

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

australian drug and alcohol review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018

H-Index - 74

eISSN - 1465-3362

pISSN - 0819-5331

DOI - 10.1080/09595238680000071

Subject(s) - nicotine , nicotine dependence , dependency (uml) , psychology , habit , clinical psychology , smoking cessation , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , systems engineering , pathology , engineering

The role of nicotine dependence in the establishment of a heavy smoking habit in young people has been little investigated. In this study of high school students, aged 16–18 years, 41% had scores on the Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependency Questionnaire which indicated a high level of nicotine dependence, comparable with that of adult smokers attending a smoking cessation clinic. The implications of this finding are briefly discussed.

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