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Tobacco marketing and adolescent smoking: More support for a causal inference

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  • Biener, L.
  • Siegel, M.

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Objectives. This prospective study examined the effort of tobacco marketing on progression to established smoking. Methods. Massachusetts adolescents (n = 529) who at baseline had smoked no more than 1 cigarette were reinterviewed by telephone in 1997. Analyses examined the effect of receptivity to tobacco marketing at baseline on progression to established smoking, controlling for significant covariates. Results. Adolescents who, at baseline, owned a tobacco promotional item and named a brand whose advertisements attracted their attention were more than twice as likely to become established smokers (odds ration = 2.70) than adolescents who did neither. Conclusions. Participation in tobacco marketing often precedes, and is likely to facilitate, progression to established smoking. Hence, restrictions on tobacco marketing and promotion could reduce addiction to tobacco.

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  • Biener, L. & Siegel, M., 2000. "Tobacco marketing and adolescent smoking: More support for a causal inference," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 90(3), pages 407-411.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2000:90:3:407-411_5
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    1. Wakefield, Melanie PhD & Ruel, Erin E. MA & Chaloupka, Frank J. PhD & Slater, Sandy J. MS & Kaufman, Nancy J. RN, MS, 2001. "Association of Point of Purchase Tobacco Advertising and Promotions with Choice of Usual Brand Among Teenage Smokers," University of California at San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education qt28h3v79v, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC San Francisco.
    2. John P. Pierce & Todd P. Gilmer & Lora Lee & Elizabeth A. Gilpin & Joy de Beyer & Karen Messer, 2005. "Tobacco industry price‐subsidizing promotions may overcome the downward pressure of higher prices on initiation of regular smoking," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 14(10), pages 1061-1071, October.
    3. Tobias C. Vogt & Alyson A. van Raalte & Pavel Grigoriev & Mikko Myrskylä, 2016. "German East-West mortality difference: two cross-overs driven by smoking," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2016-004, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    4. Jon P. Nelson, 2010. "What is Learned from Longitudinal Studies of Advertising and Youth Drinking and Smoking? A Critical Assessment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-57, March.
    5. Wakefield, Melanie A. PhD & Terry, Yvonne M. MSA & Chaloupka, Frank J. PhD & Barker, Dianne C. MHS & Slater, Sandy J. MS & Clark, Pamela I PhD & Giovino, Gary A. MS, PhD, 2000. "Changes at the Point-of-Sale for Tobacco Following the 1999 Billboard Ban," University of California at San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education qt88h2t1n7, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC San Francisco.
    6. Jeff Niederdeppe, MA & Drew Lindsey, BA & Maria E. Girlando, BA & Alec Ulasevich, PhD & Matthew C. Farrelly, PhD, 2003. "American Legacy Foundation, First Look Report 12. Exposure to Pro-tobacco Messages among Teens and Young Adults," University of California at San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education qt6rx0f6q5, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC San Francisco.
    7. James J. Heckman & Fredrick Flyer & Colleen Loughlin, 2008. "An Assessment Of Causal Inference In Smoking Initiation Research And A Framework For Future Research," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 46(1), pages 37-44, January.
    8. Tobias Vogt & Alyson van Raalte & Pavel Grigoriev & Mikko Myrskylä, 2017. "The German East-West Mortality Difference: Two Crossovers Driven by Smoking," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 54(3), pages 1051-1071, June.

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