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Smith, Katherine. "The Informal Exchange of Cigarettes as a Challenging Community Characteristic: Bumming ‘loosies’ in Baltimore" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104078_index.html>

Smith, K. C. , 2006-08-10 "The Informal Exchange of Cigarettes as a Challenging Community Characteristic: Bumming ‘loosies’ in Baltimore" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104078_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Reducing smoking rates in the U.S. to approximately 23% of the population is a great success story for public health, but public health has focused insufficiently on young adults, particularly those not attending college. Recent survey data from Baltimore, reveal that in some inner-city communities, over half of the young adults (18-24 years old) smoke cigarettes. This paper explores the community level factors contributing to high smoking rates among young adults in Baltimore. Our analysis is based on focus group data from a one-year community based participatory research project with two job training organizations (Urban Youth Corps and Youth Build in Sandtown-Winchester). We present data from four focus groups with 28 program participants (23 smokers and 5 non-smokers). Our analysis focuses on two emergent themes. First, the importance that participants placed on sharing cigarettes and smoking together, and second, the impact of ubiquitous loose cigarette vendors within the community on cigarette acquisition. We conclude that there are community-specific factors that specifically undermine existing tobacco prevention efforts at the policy level. Policy planning needs to include a consideration of the impact of community structures on implementation, in order to reduce health disparities caused by smoking, instead of facilitating widening the gap.

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