Poly-Tobacco Use among High School Students.
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SUBMITTER: Kowitt SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4661661 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
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Poly-Tobacco Use among High School Students.
Kowitt Sarah D SD Patel Tanha T Ranney Leah M LM Huang Li-Ling LL Sutfin Erin L EL Goldstein Adam O AO
International journal of environmental research and public health 20151113 11
Although cigarette use by adolescents is declining, emerging tobacco products are becoming increasingly popular and youth may use more than one type of tobacco product. The purposes of this study were: (1) to assess patterns of poly-tobacco use among a representative sample of high school students and (2) to determine how beliefs correlate with poly-tobacco use. Data came from the 2013 North Carolina Youth Tobacco Survey (n = 4092). SAS logistic regression survey procedures were used to account ...[more]
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