Young adurthood is an important period in the development of regular cigarette smoking and nicofine dependence. Dramafic increases in both the prevalence and intensity of smoking occur after age 18 (Hammond, 2005). Nafional data show that the prevalence of cigarette smoking is higher among young adults (aged 18-24) than among any other age group (CDC, 2007), and there is little evidence of a decline in these rates over the past several years (Johnston et al., 2007). The primary goal of this proposed project is to continue to follow our established cohort of high risk adolescents through the period of young adulthood (approximately ages 19-25 for our cohort), wrth four annual assessments, and to examine the contributions of social and emofional contextual factors to the development of smoking patterns as they emerge from adolescence through young adulthood. We will examine how changes in social contexts (friendship networks, life transifions) may serve as markers for smoking change, and how specific behavioral risk factors (e.g., alcohol and substance use, depression, ADHD symptoms) may confer addifional risk in developing nicofine dependence. In addrtion, we propose to examine, more in-depth, the phenomenon of nicotine dependence across the range of smoking levels, from light and infrequent smokers to more regular and """"""""heavier"""""""" smokers, and how nicotine dependence is best assessed and conceptualized at different levels of smoking. This project will take advantage ofthe wealth of rich, longitudinal data already collected on this sample, with a unique opportunity to look specifically at mechanisms that might explain vulnerability to smoking progression and the development of dependence. We will be able to track changes in key variables and smoking from adolescence through young adulthood, and examine how both protective and risk vulnerabilifies present during adolescence and emerging adulthood may play a role in predicfing changes in smoking behavior. Understanding factors that influence the development of smoking patterns (both escalafion and cessation) during the vulnerable period of adolescence to young adulthood is of crifical importance for developing future intervenfions.

Public Health Relevance

Although cigarette smoking typically starts in adolescence, the transition to young adurthood (ages 18-24) brings with rt more entrenched patterns of smoking and nicotine dependence. The primary goal of this project is to continue to follow an established cohort of high risk adolescents through the period of young adulthood and to examine the contributions of social and emofional contextual factors to the development of smoking pattems as they emerge from adolescence through young adurthood. Understanding factors that influence the development of smoking patterns (both escalation and cessation) during the vulnerable period of adolescence to young adulthood is of critical importance for developing future intervenfions.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01CA098262-08
Application #
8378755
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1-RPRB-7)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2012-08-01
Budget End
2013-07-31
Support Year
8
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$894,472
Indirect Cost
$713,062
Name
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department
Type
DUNS #
098987217
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60612
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