National Center for Education Statistics. 2005.
"Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Longitudinal Analysis Through Young Adulthood."
This report includes data collected at intervals between 1988-2000 during the "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," a nationally representative study population sample of eighth graders ages 14-26. The report includes:
1.) The incidence of daily smoking at several time points during the adolescent and young adult years, including the prevalence of new daily smokers relative to repeat daily smokers;
2) Identifies several specific developmental patterns of smoking, and examines each of them in relation to questionnaire responses such as individual demographic characteristics, family demographic characteristics, and various education-related characteristics.
The number of participants reporting that they usually were smoking one or more cigarettes per day increased with age, though overall over two-thirds of study participants were not daily smokers. Environmental tobacco smoke, which contains thousands of chemicals, is a known environmental asthma trigger indoors and is linked to increased risks for several cancer and non-cancer adverse health outcomes.
For a copy of the abstract and full report, please go to:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005333
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