Adolescent Tobacco Use and Misperceptions of Social Norms Across Schools in the United States.

CONCLUSIONS: Norm misperceptions are pervasive across a diversity of students and schools, whereas perceptions of peer norms about tobacco use are highly associated with personal attitude and use. Results suggest that population-wide interventions correcting these misperceptions may help reduce tobacco use broadly among youth. PMID: 31790356 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - Category: Addiction Tags: J Stud Alcohol Drugs Source Type: research