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Ariail, Donald L.; Quosigk, Benedikt L. – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2021
The University System of Georgia (USG) has a state-wide initiative aimed at increasing the well-being of faculty and staff by incentivizing a decrease in tobacco product usage by employees covered by a USG healthcare plan. This incentive is positive in that aid in stopping tobacco product usage is offered to each member; and negative in that each…
Descriptors: Well Being, Health Promotion, Incentives, Smoking
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Kim, Eun-Mi; Park, Eunhee; Kim, Heejung – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
This study purpose was to investigate sex differences in multilevel factors associated with smoking experimentation and age of initiation among Korean adolescents. Based on the ecological model, this cross-sectional study used data from the 2016 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (N = 65,528). Among 33,803 males (51.6%) and 31,725 females…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Smoking, Health Behavior
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Chawak, Shweta; Chittem, Mahati; S., Aswini; Varghese, Daigy; Epton, Tracy – Health Education, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the association between health behaviours of diet, physical activity, smoking cigarettes, alcohol consumption, safe sex and sleep quality with demographic (e.g. age, gender) and psychological (i.e. stress, self-esteem and sense of coherence) factors in Indian residential college students.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Health Behavior, Indians, College Students
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Meca, Alan; Gonzales-Backen, Melinda; Davis, Rachel; Rodil, Julie; Soto, Daniel; Unger, Jennifer B. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Ethnic identity is a consistent predictor of positive youth adjustment, whereas discrimination has been associated with negative outcomes among Latino/a youth. Scholars have proposed associations between ethnic identity and discrimination; however, directionality of effects remains unclear. Addressing this gap, the current study examined the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Identification (Psychology), Adolescents, Correlation
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Horn, Kimberly; Pearson, Jennifer L.; Villanti, Andrea C. – Journal of Drug Education, 2016
In recent years, the United States observed a significant uptake in concurrent use of multiple tobacco products and alternative nicotine delivery devices among youth--a phenomenon identified as polytobacco use--making tobacco control efforts more complex for clinicians, policy makers, and scientists, alike.The present commentary stimulates new…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Life Style, Addictive Behavior
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Barry, Adam E.; King, Jessica; Sears, Cynthia; Harville, Cedric; Bondoc, Irina; Joseph, Kessy – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Given ever-reducing budgets of community and school substance use prevention programs, there is a call for identifying the first substance in the sequence leading to polydrug use. Methods: Examining data from a nationally representative sample of 2835 United States 12th graders, we sought to determine (1) the first substance…
Descriptors: Drinking, Prevention, Drug Use, Age
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Laura Brandt; Nishanthi J. Anthonipillai; Teresa López-Castro; Robert Melara; Adriana Espinosa – Journal of American College Health, 2024
This study explored substance use trajectories and associations with mental health among an ethnically/racially diverse college student sample before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We combined repeated cross-sections and panel data from a total of 3,247 college students assessed with an online survey in 2018, 2019, and in three waves in 2020.…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Correlation
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Newman, Joshua – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2018
Theoretical discussions of evidence-based policy place primary importance on facts and values. However, there are situations in which policy must be made in the absence of facts and values. In this article, one such situation is investigated: the emergence of electronic cigarettes. This article reviews attempts to regulate e-cigarettes in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Public Policy, Risk Management, Smoking
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Orsini, Muhsin Michael; Milroy, Jeffrey J.; Wyrick, David L.; Sanders, Lindsey – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2018
The purpose of this article is to investigate polysubstance use among college student-athletes and determine whether use is independent of gender, race, season status, and athletic division. College student-athletes responded to questions related to their past-30-day use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescription drugs. Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Students, College Athletics, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Cheney, Marshall K.; Gowin, Mary; Clawson, Ashley H. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: The Ecological Model was used to examine the social and environmental influences of the college environment on e-cigarette use (vaping) among college students. Participants: Undergraduate college student e-cigarette users (vapers) across three large college campuses in the southwest US from Jan 2015-Aug 2016. Methods: Thirty-three…
Descriptors: College Environment, Smoking, Health Behavior, Undergraduate Students
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Peña-Purcell, Ninfa C.; Rahn, Rhonda N.; Atkinson, Taylor Dailey – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: College students are susceptible to cigarette smoking initiation, and those who smoke are at risk for a lifetime addiction. Purpose: This study examined the differences in college student smoker and nonsmoker perceptions about cigarette smoking in relation to emotional benefits, health hazards, self-confidence, and body image. Methods:…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Smoking, Prevention, At Risk Students
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Mannocci, Alice; Guerra, Fabrizio; Colamesta, Vittoria; Backhaus, Insa; Firenze, Alberto; Provenzano, Sandro; Fiore, Maria; Ferrara, Maria; Langiano, Elisa; De Vito, Elisabetta; Lorini, Chiara; Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo; Villari, Paolo; La Torre, Giuseppe – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2019
Background: Pictorial warnings may contribute to lower attractiveness of smoking, particularly among adolescents. The present study compared the impact of two different label styles of tobacco product warnings (textual and pictorial) among adolescents in a new standardized way, using the Adolescent Label Impact Index (ALII). Methods: A…
Descriptors: Advertising, Smoking, Mass Media Effects, Adolescents
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Johnson, Andrea C.; Lipkus, Isaac; Tercyak, Kenneth P.; Luta, George; Rehberg, Kathryn; Phan, Lilianna; Abroms, Lorien C.; Mays, Darren – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Hookah is one of the most commonly used tobacco products among U.S. young adults due in part to widespread misperceptions that it is not harmful or addictive. There is growing evidence that hookah tobacco is associated with health harms and can lead to addiction. Research on interventions to address these misperceptions by…
Descriptors: Smoking, Young Adults, Health Promotion, Computer Mediated Communication
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Epperson, Anna E.; Averett, Paige E.; Blanchflower, Tiffany; Gregory, Kyle R.; Lee, Joseph G. L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background/Aims: The aim of this investigation was to identify which design elements on Natural American Spirit packs are salient to (i.e., noticed by) U.S. adult smokers and what meanings smokers derive from these elements. Method: We conducted a secondary analysis of qualitative data from a study of cigarette packaging design. U.S. adult smokers…
Descriptors: Smoking, Adults, Merchandise Information, Design
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Kabakci, Omer Faruk – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The purpose of the present study is to determine if high school students' character strengths composed of twenty-four different strengths, virtues including six dimensions and demographic characteristics predict risky behaviors. The participants of the study were 380 students aged between 14-19 years and enrolled in general high schools. The data…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, High School Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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