Lighting Up : The Rise of Social Smoking on College Campuses /

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"While the past 40 years have seen significant declines in adult smoking, this is not the case among young adults, who have the highest prevalence of smoking of all other age groups. At a time when just about everyone knows that smoking is bad for you, why do so many college students smoke? Is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nichter, Mimi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Smoking.
College students > Tobacco use.
College students > Social life and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
College students > United States > Social life and customs.
College students > Tobacco use > United States.
Smoking > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments ix 1. "It's No Big Deal" 1 2. Profiles and Progressions 24 3. Smoking and Drinking: "It's Like Milk and Cookies!" 45 4. What's Gender Got to Do with It? 74 5. Reconsidering Smoking as a Weight-Control Strategy 101 6. The Slippery Slope 120 7. Tipping Points: Stress, Boredom, and Romance 148 8. Quit Talk 169 9. Looking Forward: Uncertain Trajectories 194 Appendix: Methods 207 Notes 219 References 233 Index 253 About the Author 263 ...

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