METHODS Cross-sectional data for 4572 eighth-grade students (aged 13–15 years) from
120 secondary schools were obtained from a classroom-based survey using a self …

Background Many studies examining the social correlates of tobacco use among
adolescents fail to recognise theories of health behaviour and health promotion in their …

OBJECTIVES: Most smokers begin using tobacco in their teens and recent reports indicate
that smoking prevalence is climbing among youth in Taiwan. The purpose of this paper was …

This article examines the prevalence of current smoking and associated psychosocial
correlates and whether these correlates differ by sex among adolescent students in …

Background Susceptibility to smoke has been recognized as a strong predictor of smoking
experimentation and taking up regular smoking habit. The identification of smoking …

Introduction Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death and kills about seven million
people annually. As smoking prevalence is falling in developed countries, tobacco …

Abstract Background: Smoking Susceptibility (SS) and Intention to Smoke (IS) are important
characteristics of early stages of smoking career of adolescents. Several psychosocial …

Objective: To estimate the extent to which susceptibility to smoking is associated with
between-context differences (schools and classes) and to identify factors at school, class …

Tobacco smoke is a serious global public health problem, particularly, among today's youth.
In Thailand, youth smoking prevalence is high notably among the male youth and the last …

Background: Tobacco use often starts in adolescence and is a leading cause of premature
mortality. Two previous rounds of the global youth tobacco survey (GYTS) found that a …