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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on February 23, 2005
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2005 30(4):299-303; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsi025
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Journal of Pediatric Psychology vol. 30 no. 4 © Society of Pediatric Psychology 2005; all rights reserved.

Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Commentary and Issues for Pediatric Psychology

Laurie Chassin, PhD1, Clark C. Presson, PhD1 and Steven J. Sherman, PhD2

1 Arizona State University and 2 Indiana University

All correspondence should be sent to Laurie Chassin, Department of Psychology, PO Box 871104, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287–1104. E-mail: Laurie.chassin@asu.edu.

Received July 2, 2004; revisions received August 2, 2004; accepted August 11, 2004

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The articles in this special issue reflect the development and maturation of a field of research that has seen rapid growth in the last two decades. From a research area that has become complex and multifaceted, the articles in this special issue were selected to illustrate some important topics that are of particular relevance to pediatric psychology and to point to some opportunities for reducing tobacco use among adolescents. Although the articles address a diverse set of questions, we will try to use them to highlight some themes in the development of adolescent tobacco use1 research as a field of study.

A striking mark of the growing sophistication of research in adolescent smoking is the move from studies that identify simple correlates of smoking to multivariate tests of theory-based, prospective, mediational models, which attempt to capture the processes underlying smoking initiation. Twenty years ago, most studies were restricted to simple, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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