Perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use among African American young adults

G.G. Bennett, K.Y. Wolin, E.L. Robinson, S. Fowler and Christopher Edwards

American Journal of Public Health, 2005, vol. 95, issue 2, 238-240

Abstract: We examined the association between perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use in 2129 African American college students in North Carolina. Age-adjusted and multivariate analyses evaluated the effect of harassment on daily and less-than-daily tobacco use. Harassed participants were twice as likely to use tobacco daily (odds ratio = 2.01; 95% confidence interval = 1.94, 2.08) compared with those with no reported harassment experiences. Experiences of racial/ethnic harassment may contribute to tobacco use behaviors among some African American young adults.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.037812

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