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Smoking reduction among high school seniors: a test of selected indicators. 2002

William H Redmond

College of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA. wredmon@cba.bgsu.edu

OBJECTIVE To examine differences in the explanatory power of variables thought to discriminate between students who smoke and students who have reduced (or quit). METHODS The design is a two-group test of differences on 33 variables identified from previous studies of adolescent smoking and cessation as potential discriminators, which represent a variety of perceptual, behavioral, social, and psychological factors. Data are from a national survey of U.S. high school students administered in 1997 by the Monitoring the Future project. RESULTS The most effective variables involve smoking-related beliefs and perceptions, particularly in anticipated future smoking status, attempted quitting, number of smoking friends, and perceptions of other smokers. Personality and psychological variables were not effective at discriminating between the two groups.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D003625	Data Collection	Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.	Data Collection Methods,Dual Data Collection,Collection Method, Data,Collection Methods, Data,Collection, Data,Collection, Dual Data,Data Collection Method,Method, Data Collection,Methods, Data Collection
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D013334	Students	Individuals enrolled in a school or formal educational program.	School Enrollment,Enrollment, School,Enrollments, School,School Enrollments,Student
D016540	Smoking Cessation	Discontinuing the habit of SMOKING.	Giving Up Smoking,Quitting Smoking,Stopping Smoking,Cessation, Smoking,Smoking Cessations,Smoking, Giving Up,Smoking, Quitting,Smoking, Stopping,Smokings, Giving Up,Up Smoking, Giving