Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 618-625 , December 2009

Perceptions of Second-hand Smoke Risks Predict Future Adolescent Smoking Initiation

  • Anna V. Song, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Merced, School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, Psychological Sciences, Merced, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Anna V. Song, Ph.D., School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, Psychological Sciences Section, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced CA 95343.
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  • Stanton A. Glantz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Institute for Health Policy Studies, and Department of Medicine, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D., Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF, 3333 California St., Ste. 245, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94118.

Received 1 November 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00182-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.022

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 618-625 , December 2009

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