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. 2006 May;96(5):804-7.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.058925. Epub 2006 Mar 29.

Exposure to the World Trade Center attack and the use of cigarettes and alcohol among New York City public high-school students

Ping Wu  1 , Cristiane S Duarte, Donald J Mandell, Bin Fan, Xinhua Liu, Cordelia J Fuller, George Musa, Michael Cohen, Patricia Cohen, Christina W Hoven
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Exposure to the World Trade Center attack and the use of cigarettes and alcohol among New York City public high-school students

Ping Wu et al. Am J Public Health. 2006 May.

Abstract

We examined exposure to the World Trade Center attack and changes in cigarette smoking and drinking among 2731 New York City public high-school students evaluated 6 months after the attack. Increased drinking was associated with direct exposure to the World Trade Center attack (P < .05). Increased smoking was not directly associated with exposure to the World Trade Center attack but was marginally significantly associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (P= .06). Our findings suggest that targeted substance-use interventions for youths may be warranted after large-scale disasters.

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