Teenage Attitudes and Behavior Concerning Tobacco, June-July 1992 : [United States] Robert Bezilla.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6252.

ICPSR ; 6252

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--United States--Attitudes.

Teenagers.

Tobacco--Law and legislation.

Public opinion.

Advertising--Cigarettes.

Smoking.

Tobacco use.

United States.

Teenagers--Health and hygiene--United States.

Teenagers--Health and hygiene.

Tobacco--Physiological effect.

Tobacco.

Tobacco use--United States--Public opinion.

Smoking--United States--Public opinion.

Advertising--Cigarettes--United States.

Advertising.

Tobacco--Law and legislation--United States--Public opinion.

Public opinion--United States.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

2007-10-29.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This nationwide survey polled teenagers regarding their attitudes and behavior concerning tobacco. Respondents were asked if they thought various tobacco products were dangerous, if they felt pressure from friends to smoke cigarettes, if anyone in their household used tobacco, if they would be more or less likely to like or date someone who smoked, and if they themselves smoked cigarettes or cigars or used chewing tobacco or snuff. To investigate exposure to tobacco advertising, respondents were asked if they had received free samples of tobacco products or promotional items for tobacco products (e.g., caps, T-shirts, sunglasses, posters), if they were familiar with various cigarette advertising slogans, and which brands of cigarettes they had seen advertised in recent months. The survey probed beliefs about the dangers to health caused by tobacco use and asked respondents if they favored implementation of a 'smoke-free' policy in their schools, and if they favored laws forbidding the sale of tobacco to everyone, to persons under 21, or only to minors under 18. Other questions queried respondents about their concerns that tobacco was addictive, caused bad breath, stained teeth, was expensive, or was disapproved of by parents and friends. In addition, the survey assessed beliefs about the dangers of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and crack, the amount of peer pressure felt by respondents to drink or use drugs, and respondents' feelings of closeness to their families, general happiness, frequency of depression or sadness, level of stress in life, excitement about the future, and religiosity. Respondents who smoked cigarettes were questioned about how much they smoked, how and where they purchased cigarettes, how difficult it was for people their age to buy cigarettes in their community, whether they preferred strong, medium, mild, menthol, or n... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06252

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2008-01-04.

Start: 1992-06; and end: 1992-07.

OCLC:

61156802

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.