Electronic and Conventional Cigarette Use and Academic Achievement Among Predominantly Low-Income Black High School Students
Lower academic achievement was consistently associated with higher odds of tobacco use among predominantly Black adolescents. Academic performance may help identify youth at higher risk of tobacco use and guide school-based prevention and intervention strategies in similar urban settings.
Authors
- Rifath Ara Alam Barsha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1754-9883)
- Shervin Assari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5054-6250)
- Payam Sheikhattari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0256-880X)
- Chidubem Egboluche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6592-7698)
Institutions
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (US)
- Morgan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children12091237
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00