Smoking mothers and snuffing fathers: behavioural influences on youth tobacco use in a Swedish cohort.
Tob Control
; 12(1): 74-8, 2003 Mar.
Article
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| ID: mdl-12612366
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To analyse the influences of parental use of cigarettes and snus (the Swedish variety of smokeless tobacco) on offspring's behaviour.DESIGN:
Prospective cohort study.SETTING:
The Stockholm County of Sweden.SUBJECTS:
2232 adolescents recruited in the fifth grade (mean age 11.6 years) with follow up in the eighth grade. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Self reported tobacco use (ever and current use of cigarettes and/or snus) in the eighth grade.RESULTS:
Parents' tobacco use was associated with adolescents' current use of cigarettes and snus (odds ratio (OR) 2.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.8 to 3.9 if both parents used tobacco v neither parent). Mother's cigarette smoking was associated with adolescents' current exclusive smoking (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.6 to 3.6). Father's use of snus was associated with current exclusive use of snus among boys (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.4 to 6.4), but not with current cigarette use. The overall prevalence of current smoking was lower among children whose fathers used snus than among those whose fathers smoked.CONCLUSIONS:
Parental smoking, especially maternal smoking, enhances the risk of tobacco experimentation in youths, as does paternal use of smokeless tobacco. However, the transition to regular cigarette smoking is not likely to be affected by paternal use of smokeless tobacco. Contextual factors, in particular declining smoking trends and negative social acceptance of smoking, can explain most of these findings.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parent-Child Relations
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Tobacco Use Disorder
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Smoking
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Child of Impaired Parents
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Tobacco, Smokeless
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Adolescent Behavior
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Tob Control
Journal subject:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Sweden