SPECIAL ARTICLE: The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis
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Presse spécialisée
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New England Journal of Medicin
The prevalence of smoking has decreased substantially in the United States over the past 30 years. This article examines the extent of person-to-person spread of smoking behavior and the extent to which groups of widely connected people quit together. Smoking behavior spreads through close and distant social ties, groups of interconnected people quit in concert, and smokers are increasingly marginalized socially.