Research article summary (published 30 Oct 2009):

Youth smoking status: perceptions versus measurements.

Full Abstract

OBJEctive: To determine whether youths who have smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days perceive themselves as smokers. METHODS: Sensitivity and specificity for 3 classifications were analyzed and compared to youths' perceptions of smoking status. RESULTS: The common criterion of having smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days reflected youths' perceptions of their smoking status with modest accuracy although adding a second criterion of having also smoked 100 or more cigarettes in a lifetime more accurately reflects youths' perceptions of their smoking status. CONCLUSIONS: Youths frequently determine smoking status based on behavioral criteria that differ from the standard criterion of 30-day point prevalence.

Author information

Author/s: Bottom, Todd L (TL); Adams, Monica L (ML); Jason, Leonard A (LA); Topliff, Annie (A);

Affiliation: DePaul University, Center for Community Research, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. tlbottom(-atsign-)yahoo.com

Grants: CA80288 (Agency:NCI NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: American journal of health behavior (Am J Health Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Nov-Dec; vol 33 (issue 6) : pp 760-8

Dates: Created 2009/03/26; Completed 2009/10/21;

PMID: 19320623, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adolescent Child Female Humans Male

Perception Questionnaires Sensitivity and Specificity Smoking - epidemiology United States - epidemiology

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