Impact of tobacco advertising and promotion on increasing adolescent smoking behaviours

C Lovato, A Watts, LF Stead - Cochrane database of …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The tobacco industry denies that their marketing is targeted at young
nonsmokers, but it seems more probable that tobacco advertising and promotion influences …

A comparison of gender differences in smoking behaviors, intention to quit, and nicotine dependence among Thai university students

D Chinwong, N Mookmanee… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. In Thailand, the
prevalence of smoking is about 15‐20 times higher among men than women. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescents' Internet addiction: Does it all begin with their environment?

K Chemnad, M Aziz, AO Abdelmoneium… - Child and Adolescent …, 2023 - Springer
Background This is one of the few studies that examines adolescent Internet addiction (IA)
among Middle Eastern population. The purpose of this study is to determine whether …

Relative influence of perceived peer and family substance use on adolescent alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use across middle and high school

MS Schuler, JS Tucker, ER Pedersen, EJ D'Amico - Addictive behaviors, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Substance use by peers and family may affect adolescent substance use, yet the
relative influence may shift during adolescence as youth differentiate themselves from family …

A lifespan developmental‐stage approach to tobacco and other drug abuse prevention

S Sussman - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
At least by informal design, tobacco and other drug abuse prevention programs are tailored
to human developmental stage. However, few papers have been written to examine how …

Media as a “super peer”: How adolescents interpret media messages predicts their perception of alcohol and tobacco use norms

KC Elmore, TM Scull, JB Kupersmidt - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2017 - Springer
Adolescents' media environment offers information about who uses substances and what
happens as a result—how youth interpret these messages likely determines their impact on …

[HTML][HTML] An extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) used to predict smoking behavior among a sample of Iranian medical students

M Karimy, I Zareban, M Araban… - International journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Smoking among the youth is an important public health concern. Although
several studies have investigated the correlates of smoking behavior, no theory-based study …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of substance abuse among dormitory students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

AB Heydarabadi, A Ramezankhani… - … journal of high risk …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Adolescence is a risky period with high tendency towards drug abuse.
Addressing the problem of drug abuse among students is essential. Objectives: This study …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of adolescents essential and non-essential use of technology and Internet addiction on their physical and mental fatigues

M Aziz, K Chemnad, S Al-Harahsheh… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study explores the impact of Internet addiction (IA), age, and essential and non-
essential technology usage time on the physical and mental fatigue of adolescents. The …

[HTML][HTML] Parents' and peers' normative influence on adolescents' smoking: results from a Swiss-Italian sample of middle schools students

F Scalici, PJ Schulz - Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2017 - Springer
Background and method Adolescents observe and imitate people to whom they are
associated in their social context, and the normative factors sent out by reference groups are …