TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual and contextual influences on adolescent smoking
AU - Turner, Lindsey
AU - Mermelstein, Robin
AU - Flay, Brian
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Cigarette smoking among adolescents remains one of the most important public health challenges. Despite much attention to research on the etiology of smoking, notably the examination of factors that differentiate adolescent smokers from never smokers, much less is known about factors that predict the development of dependence once an adolescent tries smoking. This paper reviews individual and contextual influences on the progression of smoking among adolescents. Highlights include a consideration of multiple levels of influence, from intra-individual factors, such as genetics, demographics, temperament and comorbidities, to social influences, such as families and peers, to the more macro, societal/cultural levels of influence, including advertising and tobacco-related policies. More recent work examining microcontextual influences through the use of Ecological Momentary Assessments is also discussed. Finally, the need to consider both developmental and transdisciplinary approaches to understanding the development of nicotine dependence in adolescents is emphasized.
AB - Cigarette smoking among adolescents remains one of the most important public health challenges. Despite much attention to research on the etiology of smoking, notably the examination of factors that differentiate adolescent smokers from never smokers, much less is known about factors that predict the development of dependence once an adolescent tries smoking. This paper reviews individual and contextual influences on the progression of smoking among adolescents. Highlights include a consideration of multiple levels of influence, from intra-individual factors, such as genetics, demographics, temperament and comorbidities, to social influences, such as families and peers, to the more macro, societal/cultural levels of influence, including advertising and tobacco-related policies. More recent work examining microcontextual influences through the use of Ecological Momentary Assessments is also discussed. Finally, the need to consider both developmental and transdisciplinary approaches to understanding the development of nicotine dependence in adolescents is emphasized.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Smoking
KW - Social
KW - Transdisciplinary
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=3042715839&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1196/annals.1308.023
DO - 10.1196/annals.1308.023
M3 - Article
C2 - 15251888
AN - SCOPUS:3042715839
SN - 0077-8923
VL - 1021
SP - 175
EP - 197
JO - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
JF - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
ER -