Despite the nationwide anti-smoking efforts, cigarette smoking has increased among adolescents across ethnicity/culture in the last decade. Although numerous studies and tobacco control programs have focused on many specific aspects of cigarette smoking among adolescents, the process by which adolescents program from never smokers to susceptible non-smokers, smoking experimenters, and regular smokers has not been sufficiently investigated. The dramatic ethnic and cultural differences in cigarette smoking among adolescents suggests the importance of acculturation, media and social influences in smoking acquisition. With longitudinal data from two cohorts, 17,500 7th graders, 12,500 from California, a state with the most ethnically diverse population in the United States, and 5,000 from Wuhan, China, a mid-level industrial provincial capital with 7 million Han population, this project seeks to understand the progression process of cigarette smoking among adolescents across culture and ethnicity. With a cross-culture and transdisciplinary approach, the progression from never smokers to susceptible non-smokers, to smoking experimentation and, finally to regular smokers including addicted and chipper smokers will be examined. In addition to pro-tobacco media, social influences (parents and peers), the role of acculturation in predicting smoking progression will be examined in detail. Cross-ethnicity, cross-country and cross- gender comparisons will also be made to gain inside into gender and ethnic differences in cigarette smoking progressions. The findings from this project will facilitate the development of effective anti-smoking interventions geared toward our increasingly multi-cultural society.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
3P50CA084735-03S2
Application #
6571166
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1)
Project Start
2001-11-01
Project End
2002-08-31
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Southern California
Department
Type
DUNS #
041544081
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90033
Zhang, Meiwen; Tanenbaum, Hilary C; Felicitas-Perkins, Jamie Q et al. (2017) Associations between psychological characteristics and indicators of metabolic syndrome among Chinese adults. Psychol Health Med 22:359-369
Tanenbaum, Hilary C; Felicitas, Jamie Q; Li, Yawen et al. (2016) Overweight Perception: Associations with Weight Control Goals, Attempts, and Practices among Chinese Female College Students. J Acad Nutr Diet 116:458-466
Zheng, Y; Rijsdijk, F; Pingault, J-B et al. (2016) Developmental changes in genetic and environmental influences on Chinese child and adolescent anxiety and depression. Psychol Med 46:1829-38
Felicitas, Jamie Q; Tanenbaum, Hilary C; Li, Yawen et al. (2015) A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Socioeconomic Factors, Foreign Media, and Attitude toward Appearance on General and Central Adiposity in Chinese Adolescents. Prev Med Rep 2:608-214
Masood, Shabana; Cappelli, Christopher; Li, Yawen et al. (2015) Cigarette smoking is associated with unhealthy patterns of food consumption, physical activity, sleep impairment, and alcohol drinking in Chinese male adults. Int J Public Health 60:891-899
Du, Yajun; Palmer, Paula H; Sakuma, Kari-Lyn et al. (2015) The Association between Family Structure and Adolescent Smoking among Multicultural Students in Hawaii. Prev Med Rep 2:206-212
Xie, B; Li, D; London, S J et al. (2014) Gender difference in interactions between MAOA promoter uVNTR polymorphism and negative familial stressors on body mass index among Chinese adolescents. Pediatr Obes 9:e80-90
Leventhal, Adam M; Lee, Wonho; Bergen, Andrew W et al. (2014) Nicotine dependence as a moderator of genetic influences on smoking cessation treatment outcome. Drug Alcohol Depend 138:109-17
Xie, Bin; Palmer, Paula; Li, Yan et al. (2013) Developmental trajectories of cigarette use and associations with multilayered risk factors among Chinese adolescents. Nicotine Tob Res 15:1673-81
Duan, Haiping; Ning, Feng; Zhang, Dongfeng et al. (2013) The Qingdao Twin Registry: a status update. Twin Res Hum Genet 16:79-85

Showing the most recent 10 out of 114 publications