The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
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To determine whether use of alternative tobacco products (i.e., cigars, blunts, hookah, smokeless tobacco), alcohol, and marijuana differs among adolescents who currently use (1) electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes); (2) cigarettes only; and (3) never smokers. ⋯ E-cigarette users are more likely than cigarette smokers to use hookah and blunts.
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Being a perpetrator or victim of assaults can have detrimental effects on the development and health of adolescents. Area-level income inequality has been suggested to be associated with crime and aggressive behavior. However, most prior research on this association has been ecological. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to describe the association between neighborhood-level income inequality and aggression and violence outcomes. ⋯ Income inequality appears to be related to aggression and victimization outcomes among nonblack adolescents living in Boston.