Invisible Classism: The Association between Social Class Discrimination and Tobacco Use Among Adolescents

Poster Session VI

Keyword: Substance Abuse and Addiction

Abstract: Examining new correlates of adolescent tobacco use is essential given its prevalence at this age. We investigated how sources of social class discrimination (teacher, classmate, teenager, friend, and community member) related to tobacco use. Our findings indicated that social class discrimination from multiple sources was positively associated with tobacco use.

• Jo Nisa Cabilogan (Presenting Author)
• Manuel Abundis-Morales (Author)
• Busra Dogru (Author)
• Adam Suri (Author)
• Sean Hennigan (Author)
• Jay Espinoza (Author)
• Christopher Garcia (Author)
• Vani Kakar (Author)
• Zena Mello (Author)