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Co‐occurring Patterns of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption among Korean Adolescents
Author(s) -
Chung IckJoong,
Chun JongSerl
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00032.x
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , alcohol , consumption (sociology) , substance use , environmental health , demography , fell , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , geography , sociology , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , cartography
This study seeks to assess the transition probabilities between smoking and alcohol consumption trajectories for ages 13–17 using data from the Korea Youth Panel Survey (KYPS). Four smoking trajectories were identified—noninitiator, late‐onsetter, experimenter, and escalator. Similarly, four alcohol consumption trajectories were identified—noninitiator, late‐onsetter, experimenter, and chronic user. Those in the chronic group of alcohol consumption were most likely to be smokers. Those who fell into a particular group for use of one substance were most likely to fall into the corresponding group for use of the other substance. Implications for smoking and alcohol prevention are discussed. (Am J Addict 2010;19:252–256)