Family influences, acculturation, and the prevalence of tobacco smoking among Asian youth in New Zealand: findings from a national survey.
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. grace.wong@aut.ac.nz
The associations among family factors, acculturation, and the risk of regular smoking among Asian youth were investigated in a nationally representative survey in New Zealand. The strong relationships between protective family factors and lower risks of smoking were not attenuated in the presence of indicators suggestive of acculturation.
PMID: 18809141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]