Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:21:56 -0400

From: Jim Bogden <jimb@NASBE.ORG>

Subject: Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Longitudinal Analysis Through Young Adulthood

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Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 7:15 AM

Subject: Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Longitudinal Analysis Through Young Adulthood

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S.

Department of Education has just released the report 'Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Longitudinal Analysis Through Young Adulthood.'

This report (1) identifies the incidence of daily smoking at several time points during the adolescent and young adult years, including the prevalence of new daily smokers relative to repeat daily smokers; (2) identifies several specific developmental patterns of smoking; and (3) examines the specific developmental patterns of smoking in relation to various descriptive characteristics.

This analysis uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), where the smoking behavior of a nationally representative cohort of 1988 eighth-graders was assessed at various time points over a 12-year period (i.e., from about age 14 to age 26).

Results show that 6 percent at 8th grade, 12 percent at 10th grade, 17 percent at 12th grade, and one-quarter at the age of about 26 years reported usually smoking one or more cigarettes a day. Using the information obtained about individuals' smoking behavior over the time period, 68 percent were identified as nondaily smokers, followed by teen/young adult smokers (15 percent), and then teen smokers (9 percent) and late-onset smokers (8 percent). Bivariate and multivariate analyses are used to examine these developmental patterns in relation to individual demographic characteristics, family demographic characteristics, and various education-related characteristics. It was found, for example, that adolescent smoking is associated with lower academic achievement, which is consistent with prior research.

To download, view and print the report as a pdf file, please visit:

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Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:28:48 -0400

From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>

Subject: CHHCS Grant Alerts -- June 3, 2005

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CHHCS Grant Alerts -- June 3, 2005

Department of Health and Human Services -- Funding to Eliminate Domestic Violence, Including Dating Violence:

The administration on Children, Youth and Families is offering funding to support projects that convene researchers, activists survivors of domestic violence, and practitioners who have been advocates of a more culturally appropriate and familial orientation to the elimination of domestic violence.

John Gogian Family Foundation Offers Support for Programs Serving Los Angeles Youth:

The John Gogian Family Foundation is dedicated to supporting organizations that serve the needs of the developmentally disabled and abused or neglected youth in Los Angeles County.

Nancy Eichner

Senior Program Manager

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

Phone: (202) 466-3396

Fax: (202) 466-3467

Email: neichner@gwu.edu

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