Competence Skills Help Deter Smoking Among Inner-City Adolescents
By Jennifer A. Epstein, Ph.D., Kenneth W. Griffin, Ph.D., & Gilbert J. Botvin, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 8, Number 2, 2001, Pages 11-13
Abstract:
This article takes a look at competence skills and how these can be used to deter smoking among inner-city adolescents.
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This article can be found in the issue:
Teenage Tobacco Use
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 8, Number 2, 2001
According to the most recent Monitoring the Future data, almost 1 in 8 high school seniors reported daily cigarette use in 2006. While smoking among teens has been decreasing, it is important that we continue our efforts in preventing adolescent tobacco use. This classic edition of The Prevention Researcher explores tobacco use among adolescents.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Competence Skills Help Deter Smoking Among Inner-City Adolescents, Pages 11-13
- • Evaluation of School-Based Adolescent Tobacco Cessation Programs, Pages 14-16
- • Social Influences on Adolescents' Smoking Progress, Pages 6-7
- • Spit (Smokeless) Tobacco Use by High School Baseball Athletes in Urban and Rural Areas of California, Pages 8-11
- • Youth Smoking Prevention: What Works?, Pages 1,3-6
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