Smoking, but not smokers: identity among college students who smoke cigarettes.

@article{Levinson2007SmokingBN,
  title={Smoking, but not smokers: identity among college students who smoke cigarettes.},
  author={Arnold H Levinson and Shelly Campo and Jan L. Gascoigne and O. Jolly and Armen A. Zakharyan and Zung Vu Tran},
  journal={Nicotine \& tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco},
  year={2007},
  volume={9 8},
  pages={
          845-52
        }
}
  • A. Levinson, S. Campo, +3 authors Z. Tran
  • Published 1 August 2007
  • Medicine, Psychology
  • Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Cigarette smoking in college is often described as social smoking, but the term lacks definition and implicitly discounts dependence. [] Key Method The survey was conducted during 1999-2004 at eight colleges; analysis was limited to 1,401 students aged 18-24 years. More than half of students (56.3%) denied being smokers ("deniers") despite current smoking behavior. Half of deniers, and fewer than half of admitters, called themselves social smokers. Deniers were highly likely to smoke infrequently, to say…
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