The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 818-822 , May 2010

Early Emerging Nicotine-Dependence Symptoms: A Signal of Propensity for Chronic Smoking Behavior in Adolescents

  • Lisa Dierker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Psychology Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lisa Dierker, Wesleyan University, Psychology Department, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459.
    • ,
  • Robin Mermelstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Received 21 June 2009 ,Revised 29 September 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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 Supported by National Cancer Institute Project Grant P01 CA098262 (to R.M.), National Institute on Drug Abuse Grants DA022313, DA15454, and DA024260 (to L.D.), an award from the Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust (to L.D.), and a Center Grant (DA010075) awarded to the Methodology Center, Penn State University. The authors report no conflicts of interest

PII: S0022-3476(09)01153-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.044

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 818-822 , May 2010

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