Login / Signup

Tobacco use among Latinx adolescents: exploring the immigrant paradox.

Anna E EppersonJan L WallanderMarc N ElliottMark A Schuster
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2018)
Latinx adolescents might not have deferential smoking rates based on generation status, suggesting that the immigrant paradox concept may not hold for smoking initiation among Latinx adolescents. Rather, factors influencing cigarette initiation generally in adolescents as a group appear to apply to Latinxs as well.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • physical activity
  • smoking cessation