collected survey data from 1,071 9th-graders at 5 Northern Virginia high schools. Surveys included questions about smoking habits, peer and family smoking exposure, novelty-seeking personality ...

a personality trait known as "novelty-seeking," are more receptive to tobacco advertising and are at high risk for smoking initiation according to a study by researchers from the University of ...

Results show these individuals have significantly higher novelty-seeking and lower harm-avoidance traits. Personality factors ... studies have shown that high novelty-seeking (NS) and low harm ...

Personality factors can influence the development ... "Some case-control studies have shown that high novelty-seeking (NS) and low harm-avoidance (HA) are associated with alcoholism," said Mitsuru ...