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Adolescents with Conduct Disorder: Early Smoking and Treatment Requests
Author(s) -
Bagot Kara S.,
Berarducci Jennifer M.,
Franken Frederick H.,
Frazier Matthew J.,
Ernst Monique,
Moolchan Eric T.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490601080100
Subject(s) - logistic regression , psychological intervention , conduct disorder , medicine , tobacco use , clinical psychology , psychology , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry , population
This study explored the relationship of a diagnosis of conduct disorder (CD) with the developmental smoking trajectory among 117 adolescent volunteers. Logistic regression analyses revealed that adolescents with CD smoked their first whole cigarette earlier ( p = 0.03) and sought cessation treatment earlier ( p = .01) compared to non‐CD adolescents. Additionally, adolescents who smoked their first whole cigarette before the age of nine were eight times more likely to have CD. These findings suggest that in addition to addressing disruptive behaviors, early prevention and access to interventions for tobacco use are needed for youths with CD.