Citation

Wu P, Duarte CS, Mandell DJ, Fan B, Liu X, Fuller CJ, Musa G, Cohen M, Cohen P, Hoven CW. Am. J. Public Health 2006; 96(5): 804-807.

Affiliation

Columbia University; New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2004.058925

PMID

16571705

PMCID

PMC1470569

Abstract

We examined exposure to the World Trade Center attack and changes in cigarette smoking and drinking among 2731 New York City public high-school students evaluated 6 months after the attack. Increased drinking was associated with direct exposure to the World Trade Center attack (P < .05). Increased smoking was not directly associated with exposure to the World Trade Center attack but was marginally significantly associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (P= .06). Our findings suggest that targeted substance-use interventions for youths may be warranted after large-scale disasters.

Language: en