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Behavior
Study results from University of Georgia in the area of behavior published
December 20th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'African American adolescents and menthol cigarettes: smoking behavior among secondary school students.' According to recent research from the United States, "This paper examines the impact of smoking menthol cigarettes among secondary students, primarily African Americans, across five measures of smoking behavior. Data were gathered from a 2006 survey of six secondary schools in a large urban area in the southeastern United States." "Ordered logit analysis is employed to estimate race and menthol effects on cigarette consumption. African American youth smoke at lower rates than white adolescents; menthol smokers consume...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-12-20)
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