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Public and private domains of religiosity and adolescent smoking transitions

Nonnemaker, James, McNeely, Clea A, Blum, Robert Wm·2006·Social Science & Medicine
DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.052
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We used data from a nationally representative sample of US adolescents in school grades 7 through 12 to explore the effects of public and private religiosity on initiation, escalation, and cessation of smoking. We found that adolescents' decisions to experiment with smoking are influenced by both their individual practice of their faith and by participation in a larger faith community. However, the effects of private and public religiosity are specific to different decision points on the smoking uptake process. Private religiosity was protective against initiation of regular smoking among nonsmokers. It also was protective against initiation of experimental smoking but only when the young person frequently attended religious services or a religious youth group. Although private religiosity appeared to discourage the uptake of smoking, it was unrelated to reduction or cessation once a young person has become addicted to cigarettes. In contrast, public religiosity did predict reduction and cessation of cigarette use among regular smokers. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the domains in which religiosity are important extend beyond the individual and include religious institutions.

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Authors
Nonnemaker, J., McNeely, C. A., & Blum, R. W.
Affiliations
  • RTI International (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Nonnemaker, James
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Venue
Social Science & Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-06
Volume
62
Issue
12
Pages
3084-3095
ISSN
0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.052
OpenAlex
W1988388748
Cited by
112
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
adolescent smoking, religiosity, public religiosity, private religiosity, smoking initiation, smoking cessation, religious service attendance, religious organizations, tobacco use
MeSH terms
Smoking Prevention, Adolescent, Attitude to Health, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Religion and Psychology, Risk-Taking, Smoking, Social Conformity, Social Desirability, Socioeconomic Factors, Students, United States, Logistic Models, Smoking Cessation

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