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Measurement of alcohol and tobacco availability to underage students

Article Abstract:

Measures of perceived alcohol and tobacco availability to underage middle and high school students have high internal consistency. However, the test-retest correlations of these measures, and single-item measures of reported buying attempts and sources of tobacco and alcohol are low to moderate. There are insignificant differences in the variables of tobacco and alcohol use and availability, and demographics across administrations at different times. Development of measures for assessing availability of tobacco and alcohol to underage population is recommended.

Analysis, Surveys, Teenagers, Youth, Smoking and youth, Youth smoking, Psychometrics

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Drinking location and risk of alcohol-impaired driving among high school seniors

Article Abstract:

Vehicle accident is the common cause of death and injury among teenagers and this is commonly associated with alcohol drinking. Research shows that drinking location is closely interlinked with increased risk of drinking-driving. The connection between the rates of crashes that involves death or injury to youth and changes in the minimum drinking age emphasized the involvement of alcohol in the high proportion of vehicle accidents among young people.

Drunk driving, Driving while intoxicated

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Occupational attainment, smoking, alcohol intake, and marijuana use: ethnic-gender differences in the CARDIA study

Article Abstract:

A concomitant and longitudinal assessment of the impact of substance use among young adults during the shift from adolescence into later adulthood is presented. It is concluded that the links between current smoking, past-month marijuana use, daily drinking and the four educational and employment measures are not completely negative.

Health aspects, Young adults, Substance abuse

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