ERIC Number: EJ748419
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Oct
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Youth Supplying Tobacco to Other Minors: Evaluating Individual and Town-Level Correlates
Pokorny, Steven B.; Jason, Leonard A.; Schoeny, Michael E.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v35 n5 p704-714 Oct 2006
The present study employed multilevel random-effects regression analyses to model individual and community correlates of youth supplying tobacco to other minors. Data from 8486 youth in 40 Midwestern junior high and high schools were examined. Results indicate community support for tobacco-possession laws was associated with lower likelihood of youth supplying tobacco to minors. Individual attitudes supporting tobacco possession laws were also associated with lower likelihood of supplying tobacco. Recent smoking, using a social source or purchasing tobacco in the past month, successfully purchasing tobacco during the last attempt to buy it, and having friends who use tobacco were associated with an increased likelihood of supplying tobacco to minors. Results also suggest that purchasing tobacco in the past month or being successful during the last attempt to buy it dramatically increase the odds of supplying tobacco among Never and Past Smokers. Implications of these findings are presented.
Descriptors: Smoking, Youth, Junior High School Students, High School Students, Community Support, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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