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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Advance Access published online on April 3, 2009
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, doi:10.1093/ntr/ntp028
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Social connectedness and smoking behaviors among Asian American college students: An electronic diary study

Michiko Otsuki

Michiko Otsuki, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL

Corresponding Author: Michiko Otsuki, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, 140 7th Avenue South, Davis Hall 258, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. Telephone: 727-873-4867. Fax: 727-873-4526. Email: motsuki{at}mail.usf.edu


  Abstract

Introduction: Asian American college students are at increased risk for cigarette smoking and its health consequences. Cigarette smoking often serves as a social lubricant among Asian American smokers.

Methods: Electronic diaries were used to examine the roles of peer presence and social connectedness in relation to cigarette use patterns among Asian American college students.

Results: Multilevel modeling results showed that participants smoked more cigarettes when smoking with peers than when smoking alone. Social connectedness attenuated the within-person associations between smoking with peers and cigarettes smoked per occasion. Those with lower social connectedness smoked more cigarettes when smoking with peers than when smoking alone.

Discussion: Social settings and social connectedness are important in explaining situational variations in the number of cigarettes consumed by Asian American college smokers.

Received: February 1, 2008; Accepted: September 19, 2008
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