Article examined the attitudes of teenagers and adults concerning their preferences on dating as they are influenced by smoking. (RK)

This article reports the results of a survey that detailed the location of teachers teaching smoking education and some attempts to integrate this teaching with other subject matters. (JA)

Although recent studies are well designed, treatments remain ineffective. Treatment ineffectiveness may be due to insufficient pilot (clinical) work and premature freezing of techniques into group programs. Process variables must be shown to effect outcome. Problems involved in verifying smoking rates are also discussed. (Author)

Five methods for control of smoking were tested on 54 Ss using systematic desensitization (SD), covert sensitization (CS), a combination of SD and CS (SD-CS), relaxation, and counseling. The SD-CS treatment was superior at all points during the treatment, though not significantly superior to all other treatments at all time points. Reprints from…

A representative sample (N=1988) of members of the two main teachers' organizations in Norway were mailed questionnaires in the spring of 1977 regarding their past and present smoking habits, and 92 percent responded. The percentage of daily smokers among the teachers was approximately half of that found in the general population. (BRR)

Subjects were assigned to conditions based on smoking rates: self-monitoring nicotine plus health hazard information; self-monitoring cigarettes plus health information; and self-monitoring cigarettes with no health information. Nicotine self-monitoring groups showed greater reactivity. Exposure to health hazard information had no effect. (Author)

Compared rapid smoking (overt aversion), covert sensitization (symbolic aversion), and a combination of the two in a self-punishment procedure for eliminating cigarette smoking. Training sessions were spaced over a one-month period. The overt group achieved significantly greater reduction than the symbolic group. The combined group did not differ…

Identifies significant limitations found in research on smoking behavior including the lack of common definitions of various behaviors, honesty of subject response, the lack of prospective studies, and the preponderance of univariate types of analyses. Presented at the 10th International Conference on Health Education in London, September 1979.…

Health professionals should protect the rights of nonsmokers by banning smoking at health meetings and by not smoking themselves. (JD)

When eight black and eight white children tried to purchase cigarettes in California, where purchase by minors is illegal, black children were sold cigarettes significantly more often, especially in black neighborhoods and by nonblack clerks, and adult customers made no effort to stop them. Implications for smoking prevention are discussed. (SLD)

Reports a study that investigated the prevalence of tobacco use by high school students (n=10,904) and the usual source of cigarettes. Survey data indicated that smoking increased from 1991-95. Most students bought cigarettes from vending machines, one-third borrowed them from someone else, and 15% had someone else buy them. (SM)

Developed procedures for constructing a retrospective person-period data set from cross-sectional data and discusses modeling strategies for estimating multilevel discrete-time event history models. Applied the methods to the analysis of cigarette use by 1,979 urban adolescents. Results show the influence of the racial composition of the…

Administered smoking behavior questionnaire to 3,786 college students during 1963-64 school year and to 863 college students in 1986-87. Results indicated variables which increased smoking probability in 1963-64 did not increase probability in 1986-87 and characteristics of family members had significantly less influence on smoking behavior of…

Evaluated changes in food intake and activity levels among 95 subjects who quit smoking. Found significant increases in calories, sucrose, and fats 2 weeks after quitting. Total sugars changes were less consistent. Activity levels did not change significantly. At week 26, caloric intake for abstinent women was approximately equal to baseline…