Adolescents’ attitudes towards tobacco use and oral health: Four “portraits”

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Table I.  The typical characteristics of the four “portraits”.

Characteristics	The tobacco user	The tobacco tester	The tobacco ambivalent	The tobacco rejecter
Mostly negative attitude to tobacco	×	×	×	×
Not a tobacco user in the future	×	×	×	×
Assents to tobacco use	×	−	−	−
Family negative to tobacco use	−	×	×	×
Clearly positive to bans on tobacco	−	−	−	×
Points out the importance of group pressure on starting to use tobacco	×	×	−	×
Points out the importance of friends and parents on starting to use tobacco	×	×	×	×
Gives environmental reasons for not wanting to use tobacco	−	−	×	−
Gives looks as a good reason for not using tobacco	–	–	−	×
Has a desire to be active in his or her learning	×	×	×	×
Describes himself or herself as social	×	×	–	−
Describes himself or herself as knowing one's mind and having a strong will	−	–	−	×
Describes himself or herself as curious	–	−	×	–
Rates his or her oral health as good/fairly good	×	×	×	×