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Taking a First Puff: Cigarette smoking experiences among ethnically diverse adolescents

Cheryl Alexander, Peg Allen, Myra A. Crawford, Laura K. McCormick

Ethnicity and Health · 1999 · 59 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

In order to design effective cigarette smoking prevention programs for adolescents, it is important to understand the meaning of smoking behaviors for adolescents from different ethnic and social backgrounds.

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