Open AccessAffect Predicts Small Cigar Use in a National Sample of US Young Adults
Author(s) -
Kymberle L. Sterling,
Dina M. Jones,
Ban Majeed,
Amy L. Nyman,
Scott R. Weaver
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tobacco regulatory science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2333-9748
DOI - 10.18001/trs.5.3.4
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , risk perception , young adult , perception , environmental health , psychology , structural equation modeling , enforcement , health risk , sample (material) , medicine , demography , developmental psychology , political science , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , communication , chromatography , neuroscience , sociology , law
Affect is an important dimension of risk perceptions, which are proximal determinants of little cigar and cigarillo (LCC) smoking. We examined the association among affect, risk perceptions, and current LCC use and susceptibility in a national probability sample of US young adults, aged 18-29.