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. 2013 Aug;15(8):1400-8.
doi: 10.1093/ntr/nts338. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Smoking trajectories across high school: sensation seeking and Hookah use

Sarah E Hampson  1 , Elizabeth Tildesley, Judy A Andrews, Maureen Barckley, Missy Peterson
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Smoking trajectories across high school: sensation seeking and Hookah use

Sarah E Hampson et al. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Introduction: This study investigated the associations of trajectories of cigarette smoking over the high school years with the prior development of childhood sensation seeking and the subsequent use of cigarettes and hookah at age 20/21.

Methods: Participants (N = 963) were members of a cohort-sequential longitudinal study, the Oregon Youth Substance Use Project. Sensation seeking was assessed across 4th-8th grades and cigarette smoking was assessed across 9th-12th grades. Cigarette and hookah use was assessed at age 20/21 for 684 of the 963 participants.

Results: Four trajectory classes were identified: Stable High Smokers (6%), Rapid Escalators (8%), Experimenters (15%), and Stable Nonsmokers or very occasional smokers (71%). Membership in any smoker class versus nonsmokers was predicted by initial level and growth of sensation seeking. At age 20/21, there was a positive association between smoking and hookah use for Nonsmokers and Experimenters in high school, whereas this association was not significant for Stable High Smokers or Rapid Escalators.

Conclusions: Level and rate of growth of sensation seeking are risk factors for adolescent smoking during high school (Stable High Smokers, Rapid Escalators, and Experimenters), suggesting the need for interventions to reduce the rate of increase in childhood sensation seeking. For those who were not already established smokers by the end of high school, hookah use may have served as a gateway to smoking.

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Trajectory classes for growth of cigarette smoking over high school.
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