Correlation, Causation, And Smoking Initiation Among Youths
本文通过反驳批评观点，论证烟草广告与其他因素共同诱导青少年开始吸烟，并讨论相关性与因果关系在三角验证框架下的作用。
<h3>ABSTRACT</h3> Expanded consideration of a variety of concepts and methods, from associative learning to econometrics, lends further support to the accumulated consensus that tobacco advertising plays a role, with other factors, in inducing young people to smoke. A point by point rebuttal of issues raised by both Reitter (JAR 43, 1 [2003]: 12—13) and Taylor and Bonner (this issue) makes the case that tobacco advertising is not an exception to the rule: advertising works and it works in part by building primary demand. On a broader, more paradigmatic note, the role of correlation and causation are discussed within a convergence or triangulation framework.