Perceived Messages from Schools Regarding Adolescent Tobacco Use.

Booth-Butterfield, Melanie; Anderson, Robert; Williams, Kimberly

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ERIC Number: EJ604648

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Perceived Messages from Schools Regarding Adolescent Tobacco Use.

Booth-Butterfield, Melanie; Anderson, Robert; Williams, Kimberly

Communication Education, v49 n2 p196-205 Apr 2000

Interviews 8th- and 12th-grade adolescent tobacco users, as part of a larger study on adolescents' reasons for tobacco use. Finds that: students perceive school systems to be hypocritical and to be sending contradictory messages regarding the use of tobacco; and the reward/punishment structure of public school systems may not be effective in deterring tobacco use among adolescents. (SR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Research, Grade 12, Grade 8, School Culture, Secondary Education, Smoking, Student Attitudes, Student School Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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