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Substance Use & Misuse Volume 44, 2009 - Issue 5
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Media Exposure and Substance Use

Media Exposure and Marijuana and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents

Brian A. Primack Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kevin L. Kraemer Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Michael J. Fine Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Madeline A. Dalton Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA; Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Pages 722-739 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

We aimed to determine which media exposures are most strongly associated with marijuana and alcohol use among adolescents. In 2004, we surveyed 1,211 students at a large high school in suburban Pittsburgh regarding substance use, exposure to entertainment media, and covariates. Of the respondents, 52% were female, 8% were non-White, 27% reported smoking marijuana, and 60% reported using alcohol. They reported average exposure to 8.6 hr of media daily. In adjusted models, exposure to music was independently associated with marijuana use, but exposure to movies was independently associated with alcohol use. Implications, limitations, and suggestions for further research are discussed.

Notes

1 The journal's style utilizes the category substance abuse as a diagnostic category. Substances are used or misused; living organisms are and can be abused. Editor's note.

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