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  1. GG Bennett, KY Wolin, EL Robinson, S Fowler, CL Edwards, Perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use among African American young adults., American journal of public health, vol. 95 no. 2 (February, 2005), pp. 238-40, ISSN 0090-0036 [doi]
    (last updated on 2011/12/28)

    Abstract:
    We examined the association between perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use in 2129 African American college students in North Carolina. Age-adjusted and multivariate analyses evaluated the effect of harassment on daily and less-than-daily tobacco use. Harassed participants were twice as likely to use tobacco daily (odds ratio = 2.01; 95% confidence interval=1.94, 2.08) compared with those with no reported harassment experiences. Experiences of racial/ethnic harassment may contribute to tobacco use behaviors among some African American young adults.

    Keywords:
    Adolescent • Adult • African Americans • Cross-Cultural Comparison • Female • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice • Health Surveys • Humans • Male • Middle Aged • North Carolina • Prejudice* • Questionnaires • Social Behavior* • Social Perception* • Tobacco Use Disorder • epidemiology • ethnology* • psychology*


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