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

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11230/19:10393427

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=bPhucvetRx" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=bPhucvetRx</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 its 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 study is to analyze 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 were collected as part of the ESPAD study in the Czech Republic in 2015. Logistic regression 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 of 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 years or earlier are at risk of problem gambling, which shows a significantly increased probability compared to non-smokers (OR = 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 conclusions: The relationship between adolescent smoking and gambling is 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 behavior as a result of impulsivity. Interventions targeting early smoking and other substance-use behavior should not only aim at quitting smoking but could also include preventing smokers from developing problem gambling.

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

30215 - Psychiatry

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

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