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    Am J Health Behav. 2007 May-Jun;31(3):261-71.

    Parental smoking, closeness to parents, and youth smoking.

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    Department of Internal Medicine and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298-0306, USA. dbwilson@vcu.edu

    Abstract

    OBJECTIVES:

    To examine parent closeness and its effect in predicting youth smoking when 0, 1, or 2 parents smoked.

    METHODS:

    Youth and parent smoking, closeness to parents, family structure, and gender and ethnicity among middle (n=17,468) and high school (n=5457) students were measured using a questionnaire.

    RESULTS:

    Number of parents smoking incrementally moderated the protective effect of all 4 measures of parent closeness, in predicting youth smoking.

    CONCLUSIONS:

    Addressing parent smoking and strengthening family relationships need significantly greater emphasis in interventions to further reduce youth smoking.

    PMID:
    17402866
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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