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Cigarette Smoking as a Predictor of Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Children and Adolescents: Evidence of the "Gateway Drug Effect."

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Torabi, Mohammad R.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1993

Data from a 1992 statewide survey of students in grades 5-12 were analyzed to determine the extent to which cigarette smoking predicted alcohol and other drug use and acted as a gateway drug. Results indicated smoking was a powerful predictor for alcohol and drug use, and the relationship was dose responsive. (SM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Intermediate Grades

Student Alcohol Use and Perceived Problems with Peers and Adults.

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Ringwalt, Chris; Palmer, James – Journal of School Health, 1989

This study determined the degree to which the use of alcohol by junior and senior high school students (N=6,526) resulted in problems with friends, teachers, principals, police, parents or family, and adults in the neighborhood. (IAH)

Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Correlation, High Schools, Junior High Schools