 Exposure to the above the influence antidrug advertisements and adolescent marijuana use in the United States, 2006-2008C.S. Carpenter and C. Pechmann American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue 5, 948-954 Abstract: Objectives. We examined the relationship between exposure to the Above the Influence antidrug campaign in 210 US media markets and adolescent marijuana and alcohol use from 2006 to 2008. Methods. We analyzed monthly advertising exposure (targeted rating points) data from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and drug use data from the Monitoring the Future study.We estimatedmultivariate logistic regressionmodels of marijuana use for students in grades 8, 10, and 12, with controls for individual, family, and media market characteristics and year and regional fixed effects. Results. For eighth-grade adolescent girls, greater exposure to antidrug advertisements was associated with lower rates of past-month marijuana use (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=0.67; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.52, 0.87) and lower rates of lifetime marijuana use (AOR=0.76; 95% CI=0.62, 0.93), but not alcohol use (AOR=1.00; 95% CI=0.84, 1.19). Associations were not significant for adolescent boys or for students in grades 10 and 12. Conclusions. Antidrug advertising may be an effective way to dissuade eighthgrade adolescent girls from initiating marijuana use. Date: 2011 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2010.300040_6 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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