Lo S K, Blaze-Temple D, Binns C W, Ovenden C
Centre for Advanced Studies, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.
Int J Addict. 1993 Dec;28(14):1515-30. doi: 10.3109/10826089309062197.
Predictors of tobacco consumption were investigated with path analytic techniques using household survey data from 1,093 teenagers aged 13-17. When current smokers are compared to past or never smokers, pro-tobacco attitudes are always the most important predictor variable followed by friends' use of marijuana and own use of marijuana, suggesting that pro-tobacco attitudes are responsible for maintaining tobacco consumption. We infer that peer illicit drug use has the greatest effect in taking up smoking because it is the most important predictor of past smoker status compared to never smoking and it does not appear as such an important predictor of current use compared to never smoker status. Pro-tobacco attitudes are a consequence of smoking rather than an influence upon taking up smoking.
利用来自1093名13至17岁青少年的家庭调查数据，采用路径分析技术对烟草消费的预测因素进行了调查。将当前吸烟者与过去吸烟者或从不吸烟者进行比较时，亲烟草态度始终是最重要的预测变量，其次是朋友使用大麻和自己使用大麻，这表明亲烟草态度是维持烟草消费的原因。我们推断，同伴使用非法药物对开始吸烟的影响最大，因为与从不吸烟相比，它是过去吸烟状况最重要的预测因素，而与从不吸烟者相比，它似乎并不是当前吸烟的重要预测因素。亲烟草态度是吸烟的结果，而不是开始吸烟的影响因素。
