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Marc T. Braverman, PhD and Leif Edvard Aarø, PhD

Marc T. Braverman is with the University of California, Davis. Leif Edvard Aarø is with the University of Bergen in Norway.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Marc T. Braverman, PhD, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 (email: mtbraverman{at}ucdavis.edu).

Objectives. We examined the extent to which adolescents in Norway have been exposed to tobacco marketing despite an existing ban, and whether exposure is related to their current smoking or expectations they will smoke in the future.

Methods. Questionnaires were administered to nationally representative systematic samples of Norwegian youths aged 13 to 15 years in 1990 (n = 4282) and 1995 (n = 4065).

Results. About half in each cohort reported exposure to marketing. Youths reporting exposure were significantly more likely to be current smokers and to expect to be smokers at 20 years of age, after control for important social influence predictors.

Conclusions. Adolescents’ current smoking and future smoking expectations are linked to marketing exposure even in limited settings, suggesting the need for comprehensive controls to eliminate the function of marketing in promoting adolescent smoking.

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