Parents and adolescent smoking

Smith, Christopher; Roberts, Chris; Moore, Laurence

doi:10.1080/03073289.1996.10805889

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“…1994; also includes US students); the Netherlands (Boomsma et al . 1994); New Zealand (Stanton & Silva 1991; Fergusson et al 1995; Fergusson et al 1996); Norway (Oygard et al 1995; Pedersen & Lavik 1991; Rossow & Rise 1994); Sri Lanka (Mendis 1990); Scotland (Aitken & Eadie 1990; Green et al 1990; Green et al 1991; Glendinning et al 1997; West et al 1999); Taiwan (Wang & Chou 1996); and Wales (Smith et al 1995) (Table 1).…”

Section: Methodological Review Of Existing Studies On Familial Tobaccmentioning

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Familial influences on adolescent smoking

2003

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The family unit is the primary source of transmission of basic social, cultural, genetic, and biological factors that may underlie individual differences in smoking. Existing information on the role of familial factors in tobacco use is characterized by two separate, but somewhat overlapping, lines of research: genetic epidemiological studies and risk-factor research. The present paper summarizes and evaluates studies assessing the association between adolescent smoking and parent and sibling smoking behaviors. A review of 87 studies reveals that methods are limited by a lack of standardized instruments, failure to measure important confounding and mediating factors, reliance on cross-sectional designs and the use of inconsistent definitions of tobacco-related behavior and assessment procedures. Moreover, there are no systematic family studies of the acquisition and continuation of smoking that have employed contemporary methodological standards for examining familial aggregation of tobacco behaviors among adolescents. Findings across studies show weak and inconsistent associations between parent and adolescent smoking; inconsistent findings may be attributed to methodological issues or associated factors that may complicate the relation between parent and adolescent smoking. Sibling and peer smoking show greater associations with adolescent smoking. Suggestions for future research include contemporary family studies that delineate meaningful phenotypes of tobacco use and prospective work on the later stages of tobacco use and the timing of the influence and valence of parent and family factors. Integration of the risk factor approach within the family study design may enrich both approaches to elucidate familial influences on smoking.

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Section: Methodological Review Of Existing Studies On Familial Tobaccmentioning

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Familial influences on adolescent smoking

2003

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“…These included the pupils' age and sex, the smoking status of their best friend, and six factors relating to parents, namely the smoking status of mother and father, school related parental support score, parental expectations of school performance, family structure, and ease of talking to parents about bothersome things. The definition of these parental factors is described in detail elsewhere,19 while another paper provides details of a further predictor variable, the alienation score, which is a composite variable reflecting pupils' enjoyment of school, their self perceived performance at school, and their intention to stay in full time education when they are aged 16 20. Finally, a predictor variable representing socioeconomic status was included.…”

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School smoking policies and smoking prevalence among adolescents: multilevel analysis of cross-sectional data from Wales

Roberts²,

2001

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Objective-To examine the association between school smoking policies and smoking prevalence among pupils. Design-Multilevel analysis of crosssectional data from surveys of schools and pupils. Setting-55 secondary schools in Wales. Subjects-55 teachers and 1375 pupils in year 11 (aged 15-16). Main outcome measures-Self-reported smoking behaviour. Results-The prevalence of daily smoking in schools with a written policy on smoking for pupils, teachers, and other adults, with no pupils or teachers allowed to smoke anywhere on the school premises, was 9.5% (95% confidence interval (CI) 6.1% to 12.9%). In schools with no policy on pupils' or teachers' smoking, 30.1% (95% CI 23.6% to 36.6%) of pupils reported daily smoking. In schools with an intermediate level of smoking policy, 21.0% (95% CI 17.8% to 24.2%) smoked every day. School smoking policy was associated with school level variation in daily smoking (p = 0.002). In multilevel analysis, after adjusting for pupils' sex, parents' and best friends' smoking status, parental expectations, and alienation from school, there was less unexplained school level variation, but school smoking policy remained significant (p = 0.041). The association of smoking policy with weekly smoking was weaker than for daily smoking, and not significant after adjustment for pupil level variables. Both daily and weekly smoking prevalence were lower in schools where pupils' smoking restrictions were always enforced. Enforcement of teacher smoking restrictions was not significantly associated with pupils' smoking. Conclusions-This study demonstrates an association between policy strength, policy enforcement, and the prevalence of smoking among pupils, after having adjusted for pupil level characteristics. These findings suggest that the wider introduction of comprehensive school smoking policies may help reduce teenage smoking.

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“…There are a few examples of the effect of family structure on drug related behaviour. Evidence points to increased smoking prevalence in children from one-parent families [40], and a survey of adolescents in Surrey, England found that children in single-parent families, stepfamilies, and in care or foster-care, were more likely to be offered and to use drugs, while little difference by gender or socio-economic status was noted [41].…”

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“…Forney et al [24] showed in their study of adolescent drinking that parental behaviour was the most influential for young people. A Welsh study [40] of 1281 school pupils, 15 -16 years of age, found that fathers' smoking was positively related to experimentation with smoking in boys, as was mothers' smoking with girls. Andrews et al [51], found that parent behaviour was a major influence on adolescents of 11 through 15 years of age, in the initiation into and continued use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana.…”

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The role of the family in preventing and intervening with substance use and misuse: a comprehensive review of family interventions, with a focus on young people

Velleman

Templeton

Copello

2005

Drug and Alcohol Review

228

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The family plays a key part in both preventing and intervening with substance use and misuse, both through inducing risk, and/or encouraging and promoting protection and resilience. This review examines a number of family processes and structures that have been associated with young people commencing substance use and later misuse, and concludes that there is significant evidence for family involvement in young people's taking up, and later misusing, substances. Given this family involvement, the review explores and appraises interventions aimed at using the family to prevent substance use and misuse amongst young people. The review concludes that there is a dearth of methodologically highly sound research in this area, but the research that has been conducted does suggest strongly that the family can have a central role in preventing substance use and later misuse amongst young people.

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Parents and adolescent smoking

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Familial influences on adolescent smoking

Familial influences on adolescent smoking

School smoking policies and smoking prevalence among adolescents: multilevel analysis of cross-sectional data from Wales

The role of the family in preventing and intervening with substance use and misuse: a comprehensive review of family interventions, with a focus on young people

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