Racial Difference in the Determinants of Smoking Onset

Philip DeCicca, Donald Kenkel and Alan Mathios
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Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, vol. 21, issue 2-3, 40 pages

Abstract: The large differences in youth smoking behavior across ethnic and racial groups are often overlooked in debates about prevention. This study examines how the determinants of the onset of smoking vary by race and ethnicity. Academic success is strongly associated with lower smoking rates among white youth, but this is not as true for Hispanics and African-Americans. Cultural assimilation may be an important determinant of smoking for Hispanics. Price increases do not appear to reduce smoking onset among white youth, but the results provide some support that higher prices will reduce smoking among Hispanic and African-American youth. Copyright 2000 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Date: 2000
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