Tobacco Use

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Blum, Richard H.A cross-cultural study

Associated Hypotheses (11)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Blum, Richard H."When pressure toward developing obedient behavior in the child is high, then [alcohol use occurs; hallucinogens are used by adults rather than by all ages; stimulant use is moderate; male use of stimulants predominates; and stimulants are used by adults rather than by all ages]" (160-161)
Blum, Richard H."When early oral satisfaction is high, then: [alcohol use is by both sexes; there is high or excessive use of tobacco; and high or excessive use of stimulants]" (161)
Blum, Richard H."When child's inferred anxiety over nonperformance of responsible behavior is high, then: [there is moderate use of tobacco]" (162)
Blum, Richard H."When pain inflicted on the infant by the nurturant agent is high, then: [tobacco use is by both sexes]" (162)
Blum, Richard H."When the community is kin-homogeneous, then: [moderate or no use of tobacco occurs; stimulants are limited or scarce; stimulants are used by adults only; opium is disapproved of and rarely used; and tobacco is limited or scarce]" (162)
Blum, Richard H."When the community is a clan community, community-structured, segmented on a clan basis, then: [moderate or no use of alcohol occurs; and tobacco use is by both sexes]" (163)
Blum, Richard H."When the natural environment is very harsh - desert, desert grasses, tundra, steppe - then: [alcohol is limited or scarce rather than plentiful; no use of tobacco occurs; personal rather than group use of hallucinogens occurs; and moderate use of stimulant occurs rather than high or excessive use]" (164)
Blum, Richard H."When food production is by intensive rather than simple agriculture, then: [moderate or no use of tobacco occurs; and high or excessive use of stimulants occurs rather than moderate or no use]" (164)
Blum, Richard H."When food supply is secure and food shortages are rare or occasional, then: [high or excessive use of tobacco occurs rather than moderate or no use]" (165)
Blum, Richard H."When political integration is the large state, little state, or the minimal state, then: [alcohol use is by adults only; moderate or no use of alcohol occurs; and tobacco is used by adults only]" (165-166)
Blum, Richard H."When individual rights in real property and rules for inheritance are present, then: [use of tobacco occurs; and cultures disapprove of tobacco use]" (166)

Associated OCMs

  1. recreational and non-therapeutic drugs