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‘Smoking’: use of cigarettes, cigars and blunts among Southeast Asian American youth and young adults

Health education research, 2010-02, Vol.25 (1), p.83-96 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Oxford University Press 2010 ;The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org 2010 ;ISSN: 0268-1153 ;EISSN: 1465-3648 ;DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp066 ;PMID: 19959564 ;CODEN: HRTPE2

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Title:
‘Smoking’: use of cigarettes, cigars and blunts among Southeast Asian American youth and young adults
Author: Lee, J. P. ; Battle, R. S. ; Lipton, R. ; Soller, B.
Subjects: Adolescent ; Adolescents ; Adult ; Age Differences ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Asian - statistics & numerical data ; Asian American people ; Asian Americans ; California ; Cambodia - ethnology ; Cannabis ; Cigars ; Correlation ; Drug Use ; Female ; Health Behavior ; Humans ; Interviews ; Laos - ethnology ; Low Income ; Male ; Marijuana ; Middle Aged ; Nicotiana ; Original ; ORIGINAL ARTICLES ; Poverty - statistics & numerical data ; Poverty - trends ; Smoking ; Smoking - ethnology ; Substance abuse ; Urban Population ; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data ; Urban Population - trends ; Young Adult ; Young Adults ; Young people
Is Part Of: Health education research, 2010-02, Vol.25 (1), p.83-96
Description: Increased use of cigars has been noted among youth, as well as use of blunts (hollowed-out cigars filled with marijuana). Three types of relationships have been previously hypothesized between use of tobacco and marijuana in substance use progression. We aimed to assess these relationships for Southeast Asian American youth and adults in an urban population. We conducted in-person interviews with 164 Southeast Asians, smokers and non-smokers, in two low-income urban communities in Northern California, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. Analysis of the quantitative data indicated distinct use patterns for blunts, cigars and other forms of marijuana in terms of associations with generation in the United States. The use of these items was also found to be related: ever having smoked cigarettes or blunts increased the risk of ever having smoked the other three items. Qualitative data found indications of all three hypothesized relationships between tobacco and marijuana for youths but not for older adults. For youths in the study, ‘smoking’ was found to constitute a social construct within which use of cigarettes, cigars and blunts were somewhat interchangeable. Youths in similar settings may initiate into and progress through smoking as an activity domain rather than any one of these items.
Publisher: England: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0268-1153
EISSN: 1465-3648
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp066
PMID: 19959564
CODEN: HRTPE2
Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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‘Smoking’: use of cigarettes, cigars and blunts among Southeast Asian American youth and young adults

Oxford University Press 2010 ;The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org 2010 ;ISSN: 0268-1153 ;EISSN: 1465-3648 ;DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp066 ;PMID: 19959564 ;CODEN: HRTPE2

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