A study examined psychosocial variables (self-esteem, home-esteem, peer-esteem, and adolescent symptomatology of stress) associated with cigarette use among 934 fourth- through twelfth-grade students. Results are discussed. (Author/CB)

Makes counselors aware of the etiology of smoking behavior among children and adolescents and makes suggestions for programs that may be used to help prevent the onset of smoking as well as to assist young smokers in breaking the habit. (Author/ABB)

Results supported the hypothesis that alcohol-related performance decrements would be observed in the vigilance and motor activity task performance of four year olds, even after adjusting for the effects of nicotine, in children whose mothers were generally not alcoholics but only social drinkers of varying amounts. (Author/AS)

The incidence and continuity of smoking and drinking, precursory social-behavioral characteristics of smokers and drinkers, and life conditions related to smoking and drinking are described. Part of an extensive Finnish longitudinal study of social development, the original sample consisted of eight-year-old subjects. Follow-up studies were made…

This paper provides a background and discussion regarding tobacco-free schools. The paper is intended to enhance discussion about the health benefits to children who attend schools that have a comprehensive tobacco-free school policy. The benefits to the personal health of students are both direct and environmental. Direct health benefits from a…

This paper examines the effects of private schooling on adolescent nonmarket behaviors. Differences between private- and public-school students were controlled by making use of the rich set of covariates available with the Nation Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) microdataset. An instrumental-variables strategy was also employed that exploits…

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has developed its Eddie Eagle program as a school-based curriculum that claims to teach gun safety to children in preschool through grade six. The program uses a four-part message for children to follow when they see a gun, admonishing them to stop, not touch it, leave the area, and tell an adult. The NRA has…

This study examined what moral issues meant to practicing teachers. Finnish secondary teachers described moral dilemmas they had experienced during their teaching careers and principles they used to solve them (particularly situations in which they had difficulty deciding how to act). The narrative of one female teacher concerned about smoking at…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between high school girl smokers and nonsmokers, age 14 to 18 years, on selected tests of physical fitness. (Author)

Paper presented at Conference on New Approaches to Behavioral Research on Smoking held in Tucson, Arizona, on March 30 and 31, 1972, by American Cancer Society. (DS)

Significant gender differences were observed regarding college students' beliefs about the consequences of smoking, their normative beliefs concerning smoking, and their willingness to comply with advice from authority figures. Educational and treatment programs should address males and females differently. (Author/PP)

Women attending four New England colleges were surveyed to determine how their health beliefs and attitudes related to smoking. Beliefs of current smokers, former smokers, and nonsmokers were explored in an effort to shed light on motivation. Implications for public policy are discussed. (PP)

An investigation assessed the relative importance of parental behavior and perceived parental attitudes about smoking as factors associated with whether youths chose to smoke. Results, indicating that parental attitudes may be a more significant factor than is parental behavior, are discussed. (CJ)