Adolescent mental health as a risk factor for adolescent smoking onset

Jason M Hockenberry; Edward J Timmons; Mark W Vander Weg

doi:10.2147/AHMT.S11573

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Adolescent mental health as a risk factor for adolescent smoking onset

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Adolescent mental health as a risk factor for adolescent smoking onset

Jason M Hockenberry, Edward J Timmons and Mark W Vander Weg

Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics, Vol.2(default), pp.27-35

2011

DOI: 10.2147/AHMT.S11573

PMCID: PMC3926769

PMID: 24600273

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Abstract

Smoking continues to be a leading cause of preventable deaths and rates of trying cigarettes and progression to daily smoking among adolescents continues to remain high. A plethora of risk factors for smoking among adolescents has been addressed in the research literature. One that is gaining particular interest is the relationship between adolescent mental health and smoking (both initiation and progression). This paper reviews the evidence for adolescent mental health as a risk factor for cigarette smoking. We focus on the specific mental health conditions that have been more thoroughly addressed as possible risk factors in community-dwelling adolescents. We discuss the multiple hypotheses that have been posited as to the nature of the relationship between adolescent mental health and smoking, as well as detailing so called third factors that may account for the observed relationship. We highlight the contribution of the existing studies to the body of knowledge on this topic, as well as the limitations and open questions that remain as a result. We conclude with discussion of a broad research agenda going forward.

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nicotine

Review

depression

adolescents

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Title: Subtitle: Adolescent mental health as a risk factor for adolescent smoking onset
Creators: Jason M Hockenberry - Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, IA, USA
Edward J Timmons - School of Business, Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA, USA
Mark W Vander Weg - Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation Center (CADRE), Iowa City VA Medical Center, IA, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics, Vol.2(default), pp.27-35
DOI: 10.2147/AHMT.S11573
PMID: 24600273
PMCID: PMC3926769
NLM abbreviation: Adolesc Health Med Ther
ISSN: 1179-318X
eISSN: 1179-318X
Publisher: Dove Medical Press
Language: English
Date published: 2011
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984064195802771

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