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Asian Youth and Tobacco Control Survey

NCT00642317 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 617

Last updated 2012-08-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The overall goal of this study is to identify and understand the environmental characteristics associated with tobacco use and tobacco initiation among Asian American youth from primarily two communities: Chinese and Vietnamese. The specific aims of this study are twofold:

* To estimate the prevalence of smoking among Chinese and Vietnamese youth in the Houston area compared with non-Asian American communities.
* To study the relationship between environmental characteristics (both pro- and anti-tobacco) and tobacco initiation and use among Chinese and Vietnamese youth.
* To explore if degree of acculturation is related to tobacco initiation and use among Chinese and Vietnamese youth.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Use
  • Smoking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

Questionnaire about tobacco and alcohol use, acculturation, and other related topics.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alex Prokhorov, MD, PhD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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