Open AccessEpidemiology and Correlates of Daily Smoking and Nicotine Dependence Among Young Adults in the United States
Author(s) -
MeiChen Hu,
Mark Davies,
Denise B. Kandel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.057232
Subject(s) - ethnic group , nicotine dependence , epidemiology , demography , logistic regression , nicotine , medicine , psychological intervention , socioeconomic status , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , environmental health , population , sociology , anthropology
We describe the epidemiology of smoking behaviors in a national young adult sample and identify common and unique demographic, social, and psychological correlates of daily smoking and lifetime and current nicotine dependence by race/ethnicity.