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. 2005 Feb;95(2):238-40.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.037812.

Perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use among African American young adults

Gary G Bennett  1 , Kathleen Yaus Wolin, Elwood L Robinson, Sherrye Fowler, Christopher L Edwards
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Perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use among African American young adults

Gary G Bennett et al. Am J Public Health. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

We examined the association between perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use in 2129 African American college students in North Carolina. Age-adjusted and multivariate analyses evaluated the effect of harassment on daily and less-than-daily tobacco use. Harassed participants were twice as likely to use tobacco daily (odds ratio = 2.01; 95% confidence interval=1.94, 2.08) compared with those with no reported harassment experiences. Experiences of racial/ethnic harassment may contribute to tobacco use behaviors among some African American young adults.

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