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APC Modeling of Smoking Prevalence Among US Adolescents and Young Adults

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of age, period, and cohort with the changing pattern of cigarette smoking among youth and young adults for better planning tobacco control in the United States. METHODS: Age-period-cohort analysis of the 1990-2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data. RESULTS: Rates of lifetime and 30-day smoking for adolescents fluctuated between 1990 and 1996 before they declined; the same rates for young adults progressively increased until 2002 before declining. There were significant cohort effects on changes in the prevalence rates of cigarette smoking. CONCLUSIONS: The cohort effects on smoking underscore the need for sustained tobacco control policies.

Source: American Journal of Health Behavior

DOI: 10.5993/ajhb.35.4.4

Author: Xinguang Chen

Institution: Wayne State University

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Wayne State University, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development