Problem gambling among Czech adolescents: an exploration of relationship to early initiation of tobacco smoking

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://akademiai.com/doi/10.1556/2006.8.2019.04" target="_blank" >https://akademiai.com/doi/10.1556/2006.8.2019.04</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.8.2019.04" target="_blank" >10.1556/2006.8.2019.04</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Problem gambling among Czech adolescents: an exploration of relationship to early initiation of tobacco smoking

Original language description

Background and Aims: Gambling in adolescence is often related to licit and illicit substance use. Some evidence shows that teenage smokers gamble more than non-smokers. The aim of the present study is to analyse the relationship between problem gambling and smoking among Czech adolescents. Methods: Data on 6,082 adolescents (50.1% boys and 49.9% girls) aged 15-19 years was collected as part of a cross-sectional questionnaire survey, the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), in the Czech Republic in 2015. Logistic regression models and linear regression models were used to test the hypothesis that the early onset of daily smoking increases the risk of problem gambling. Results: The age of initiation into daily smoking seems to be a more reliable marker of the risk of problem gambling than smoking status or intensity of smoking. More than 20% of smokers who started smoking daily at the age of 12 or earlier are at risk of problem gambling, which shows a significantly increased probability compared to non-smokers (odds ratio = 2.7). Other factors that increase the chances of becoming a problem gambler include being male, of higher age, and a student of a secondary school. Discussion and Conclusion: The relationship between adolescent smoking and gambling seems to be more complex and is likely to be influenced by other underlying factors. Early daily smokers and at-risk gamblers tend in a similar way to risky behaviour as a result of impulsivity. Interventions targeting early smoking and other substance use behaviour should not only aim at quitting smoking but could also include preventing smokers from developing problem gambling. Further research is necessary to explore this.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30312 - Substance abuse

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1611" target="_blank" >LO1611: Sustainability for The National Institute of Mental Health</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

ISSN

2062-5871

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

HU - HUNGARY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

114-122

UT code for WoS article

000462889100013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85064012961