The purpose of the current study was to gather data on the attitudes and smoking habits of university students. Data were collected from 250 undergraduates dealing with various aspects of smoking behavior. There were 80 smokers and 170 nonsmokers, including 21 former smokers. In addition to demographic information, participants were assessed with respect to chronic self-destructiveness, locus of control, and hypergender ideology. Findings indicated significant positive relationships among willingness to date, marry, live with, and have sex with a smoker. Hypermasculinity was positively related to chronic self-destructiveness. Hyperfemininity was not related to chronic self-destructiveness. Nicotine dependence was also positively related to chronic self-destructiveness, but unrelated to ...
Cigarette and alcohol use often develop concurrently, and smoking is especially common among youth treated for alcohol and other drug (AOD) use disorders. Special considerations for adolescent smoking cessation treatment include peer influences, motivation, and nicotine dependence. Little research has addressed smoking cessation treatment for youth with AOD use disorders, but the few available studies suggest that tobacco cessation efforts are feasible and potentially effective for this population. Findings to date suggest that adolescents with AOD use disorders may benefit more from relatively intensive multicomponent programs rather than brief treatment for smoking cessation. Additional research is needed to further address the inclusion of tobacco-specific interventions for adolescen...
Major progress has been made in reducing cigarette smoking in the United States, but the success is uneven across the states and below national goals, according to a new report. The report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was prepared by researchers in Buffalo and released this week at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Phoenix.
Two outcomes are certain when a state raises the tax on cigarettes: Fewer packs will be sold and more money will be collected. That's because of two truths about the nature of cigarette smoking. Some of it is discretionary. Some people will cut back, quit or never start smoking if the price is high enough.
As complex as it is, it struggles," said Rene Marois, an associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. "While we get the impression that we are able to do two things at once, such as driving and talking on a cell phone, in reality our brain shuts down one of the functions briefly as we're taking on the other task. All the information in our brain suddenly hits a bottleneck. "While we are driving, we are bombarded with visual information," Marois said. "Our research features neurological evidence that the brain cannot effectively do two things at the same time. Even those people who think using a headset with their cell phone while driving is safe...they're still doing two cognitively demanding tasks at once." "Not long ago I was stopped at a red light and saw a woman dri...
Outdoor ban is senseless expectation I was troubled to hear about Vancouver City Councils decision to ban cigarette smoking in public parks. Although Im not someone who smokes, Im a mother who frequents the local outdoor spaces and cant understand why this was important. Were all aware of the dangers of cigarette smoking, but were also aware of the dangers of guns those are still legal in parks.
In the first major change to cigarette packaging in a quarter- century, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will require graphic warning labels that cover half a package's front and rear, plus the top 20 percent of all cigarette ads. The labels will feature drawings or photos illustrating graphically the dangers associated with smoking, accompanied by text stating that smoking is addictive or that it kills. The pictures feature such things as a diseased lung, a corpse and a man smoking a cigarette through a tracheotomy tube. While not quite as grim as some used in other countries, regulators hope the messages will be sufficiently frightening to keep young people from beginning to smoke and to strengthen the will of those who are attempting to quit.
WASHINGTON - Coming soon to the lives of American smokers: cigarette labels that go far beyond a simple warning. Imagine gruesome color photographs showing a mouth riddled with cancer, lungs blackened, a foot rotten with gangrene. If the images sound sickening, well, that's the point.
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