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Personality and Smoking Behavior

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1982
Investigated the relationship between selected personality measures and the initiation and maintenance of smoking behavior. The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the State-Trait Personality Inventory (STPI) and a Smoking Behavior Questionnaire were administered to 955 students (603 females; 352 males).
C D, Spielberger, G A, Jacobs
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Genetics and smoking behavior

Current Psychiatry Reports, 2007
Accumulating data support the role of genetic factors in smoking initiation, progression to tobacco dependence, and smoking persistence. This review summarizes current research on the heritability of tobacco use phenotypes and genetic association studies of smoking-related behaviors.
Robert A, Schnoll, Terrance A, Johnson, Caryn, Lerman   +2 more
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Jayapura Teenagers Smoking Behavior

Journal of Community Health, 2016
Smoking behavior is a threat for Indonesian teenagers, including in the city of Jayapura, Papua province. The purpose of this study was to access Jayapura teenagers smoking behavior and knowledge including parents and other family members. The study was conducted on 78 respondents (grade 7, aged 11-14 years old), using cluster random sampling for ...
Herawati, Lucky, Budiman, Johan Arief, Haryono, W., Mulyani, Wiwiek   +3 more
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Age and Smoking Cessation Behaviors

Preventive Medicine, 1995
Predictors of smoking cessation behaviors during a 3-month period were examined among smokers in three age groups: 18 to 29, 30 to 49, and 50 years or older.Using random-digit dialing, telephone interviews were completed with 1,644 smokers in the Chicago metropolitan area at baseline and at a 3-month follow-up.
F J, Kviz, M A, Clark, K S, Crittenden, R B, Warnecke, S, Freels   +4 more
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Smoking Behavior and the Tobacco Crop

Journal of School Health, 1984
ABSTRACTThe purpose of the study was to measure the influence of the physical and economic presence of the tobacco crop on the smoking behavior and related attitudes of adolescents in tobacco raising regions. A stratified random sample of all grades five‐12 from the schools in four Kentucky counties yielded a sample size of 1,322 students.
R W, Wilson, C W, Higgins
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Behavior analysis of cigarette smoking

The Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 1982
Patterns of cigarette smoking, treated as series of discrete events in time, were investigated with a variety of quantitative techniques designed to characterize individual subject smoking series and to illuminate the relationship between cigarette smoking and environmental events.
M J, Nellis, H H, Emurian, J V, Brady, R L, Ray   +3 more
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Carbon monoxide and smoking behavior

Addictive Behaviors, 1979
Abstract This paper reviews the health risks of carbon monoxide and its relationship to smoking behavior. Special emphasis is placed on behavioral determinants of carbon monoxide uptake. The role of carbon monoxide in measurement and modification of smoking risk is also discussed.
L W, Frederiksen, J E, Martin
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Smoking and Behavioral Health of Women

Journal of Women's Health, 2012
Using data from a study of reliability and validity of a screening tool for co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems, our objective was to compare behavioral health issues of female smokers and nonsmokers and explore correlates of smoking.Using a convenience sample (n=1021), we recruited participants to complete an online survey ...
Martha A, Jessup, Suzanne L, Dibble, Bruce A, Cooper   +2 more
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A behavioral test of a smoking typology

Addictive Behaviors, 1978
Abstract To determine the relationship between questionnaire responses and actual smoking behavior, 144 college students participated in one of four social situations designed for this experiment. The results indicated that subjects could be reliably classified into positive affect, negative affect, and social stimulation smokers as Tomkins' theory ...
V J, Adesso, W R, Glad
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Topographical components of smoking behavior

Addictive Behaviors, 1977
Abstract Topographical characteristics of smoking behavior were studied using three subjects in single-case research designs. Five components of smoking topography were identified and monitored: inter-puff interval; cigarette duration; puff length; puff frequency; and percentage of tobacco burned. Following baselines, subjects were given instructions
L W, Frederiksen, P M, Miller, G L, Peterson   +2 more
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