BBC: Why are young people still taking up smoking? (6)

13 May, 2024

As Jeannie Cameron suggests 'Prohibitions and bans do not prevent young people doing anything.' I wonder what a psycho-social research lens, that can extend to and reflect the attitudinal stance of young people might reveal?

Psycho-Political too?

For example, what proportion - motivation for - behaviour is to be seen within peer group as reacting alternately, negatively, rejecting, protesting... to medical, elders, studies, 'sound' advice?

To what extent will young people always want to 'cock a snook'?

https://wordhistories.net/2017/03/10/cock-a-snook/

Amid other stated drivers advertising, shop fronts, appeals to young people, films ... what research (mixed-?) methods and methodological philosophies might articulate / capture this?

Peter Jones

Community Mental Health Nurse and ResearcherBlogging at "Welcome to the QUAD"

http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/h2cm

HIFA profile: Peter Jones is a Community Mental Health Nurse with the NHS in NW England and a a part-time tutor at Bolton University. Peter champions a conceptual framework - Hodges' model - that can be used to facilitate personal and group reflection and holistic / integrated care. A bibliography is provided at the blog 'Welcome to the QUAD' (http://hodges-model.blogspot.com). h2cmuk AT yahoo.co.uk