TY - JOUR AU - Johnston, Vanessa AU - Westphal, Darren W. AU - Earnshaw, Cyan AU - Thomas, David P. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/10 TI - Starting to smoke: a qualitative study of the experiences of Australian indigenous youth JO - BMC Public Health SP - 963 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Adult smoking has its roots in adolescence. If individuals do not initiate smoking during this period it is unlikely they ever will. In high income countries, smoking rates among Indigenous youth are disproportionately high. However, despite a wealth of literature in other populations, there is less evidence on the determinants of smoking initiation among Indigenous youth. The aim of this study was to explore the determinants of smoking among Australian Indigenous young people with a particular emphasis on the social and cultural processes that underlie tobacco use patterns among this group. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-963 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-12-963 ID - Johnston2012 ER -