Teen Smoking Behaviors

Paper Summary:

This business research proposal discusses a campaign to stop smoking at the age at which teenagers are most likely to start - in middle school. The proposal focuses primarily on white teens, due to the increased likelihood of them starting to smoke. The paper provides a background to teenage smoking and how the trend has changed over time. The paper then aims to identify the key behavioral triggers which influence teens to start smoking.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Problem Statement
Current Consequences of the Problem
Restrictions to the Current Investigation
Research Objectives
Literature Review
Importance/Benefits of the Study
Research Design
Extraneous Variable
Scoring Answers
Data Analysis

From the Paper:

"The increase in teen smoking may be abating, or may be taking a pause before it continues the climb seen in the past 10 years, from 1996 to 2005. In either case, reducing smoking at an early age has a lifelong effect on individuals' health, and can lead to better quality of life for millions of people who might otherwise take up smoking. A secondary benefit is that lessons learned may help to reduce the current 3.1 million teen smokers, many of whom try smoking and quit--it would be useful to know why they started in the first place, and why they quit."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bobo, J. H. (2000). Sociocultural Influences on Smoking and Drinking. Alcohol Research & Health , 225-234.
• Cooper, T. K. (2003). A prospective evaluation of the relationships between smoking dosage and body mass index in an adolescent, biracial cohort. Addictive Behaviors , 501-512.
• Falba, T. (2005). Health events and the smoking cessation of middle aged Americans. Journal of Behavioral Medicine , n.p.
• Gies, C. B. (2007). Effect of an Inpatient Nurse-Directed Smoking Cessation Program. Western Journal of Nursing Research , n.p.
• Health, MO Dept of. (1998). Focus . . . Maternal Smoking Trends in Missouri: 1978-1997. Jefferson City: MO Dept of Health.

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