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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 127-136Publisher
PNG PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.29.2.4
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smokeless; spit tobacco; expectancies; rural adolescents
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Objective: To examine the role of expectancies in adolescent smokeless tobacco (ST) use. Methods: Self-report measures of students' ST expectancies, cigarette and ST use, and peer and family tobacco use were collected from a sample of 978 rural high school students. Results: Student expectancy beliefs significantly predicted ST use and intention to try ST in the next year. Student ex-pectancies about ST were influenced by gender, cigarette use, and peer tobacco use. Family-member tobacco use did not strongly affect expectancies. Conclusion: Expectancies play a meaningful role in students' current and future decisions whether to use ST.
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