A cross-sectional study on the role of film stars and peers in smoking initiation and tobacco use among male adolescents aged 13-15 years in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, India

• Main Authors: Anusha Raghavan (Author), Nishanthi B Murali (Author), Dian Farhana Binti Alba (Author), Aparna Sukumaran (Author), Madan Kumar Parangimalai Diwakar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Exposure to tobacco at a young age leads to a subsequent smoking habit in large proportions of the population in adulthood. Social and mass media have both positive and negative effects on adolescents' behavior and social skills and therefore play vital roles in driving this behavio...