Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 30-37 , January 2006

Cigarette smoking from adolescence to young adulthood: Women’s developmental trajectories and associates outcomes

Received 6 May 2005 ,Accepted 7 July 2005.

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    Observed weighted mean scores on frequency of smoking (0 = nonsmoker in past year; 1 = <3 times in past year and <3 times in past month; 2 = 3–10 times in past year and <3 times in past month; 3 = ≥11

    Observed weighted mean scores on frequency of smoking (0 = nonsmoker in past year; 1 = <3 times in past year and <3 times in past month; 2 = 3–10 times in past year and <3 times in past month; 3 = ≥11 times in past year and <3 times in past month, or 3–5 times in past month; 4 = ≥6 days in past month and <3 cigarettes per day; 5 = ≥6 days in past month and 3–7 cigarettes per day; 6 = ≥6 days in past month and about one-half pack per day; 7 = ≥6 days in past month and a pack or more per day) by smoking trajectory class.

 Supported by funds from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program of the University of California, Grant Number 13RT-0019.

PII: S1049-3867(05)00080-0

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.08.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 30-37 , January 2006