Year: 1998
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: AIMS: Data from the Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey were analyzed to assess the relationship between depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking. DESIGNS, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: Nationally representative sample of adolescents interviewed in 1989 and again in 1993. MEASUREMENTS: Prevalence rate and adjusted odds ratio for smoking at follow-up by depressive symptoms status at baseline. FINDINGS: Adolescents with depressive symptoms were more likely than other adolescents to start smoking. CONCLUSIONS: The associations between depressive symptoms and regular smoking appears to be established by adolescence.
Source: Addiction
Authors: Luis G. Escobedo, Murii Reddy, Gary A. Giovino
Institution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2096049617