Risk Factors for Adolescent Cigarette Smoking

Could adolescents be the vehicle that transfers a no-smoking rule from school to home?

“…Data collection was available from students who were present on the day of intervention and at follow-up. In accordance with wider literature, absent students tend to demonstrate lower academic achievement and appear more susceptible to addictive behaviours 30,31 . However, potentially high-risk students were not Tob.…”

Psychosocial factors related to adolescent smoking: a critical review of the literature

“…The amount of time in self care,93 94 lack of knowledge about their children’s friends78 and inadequate monitoring77 were associated with increased smoking, although other studies on parental supervision did not observe a significant relationship 7995 96 …”

“…Approximately twice as many of the reviewed studies have found a significantly increased risk of adolescent smoking with parental smoking—for example, refs52 70 76 77, than have noted a non-significant association 4378 79 Studies examining the effect of paternal and maternal smoking separately have reported both to be significant,36non-significant,31 80 or each one significant while the other was not 8182 Some of the inconsistencies may reflect gender-specific differences: parental smoking may be more important for girls than boys because several studies reported a significant effect only for girls38 69 83 84 whereas none found the reverse.…”

Evaluation of a school-based, experiential-learning smoking prevention program in promoting attitude change in adolescents

“…Data collection was conducted only for students present on the day of the intervention and at follow-up. Per wider literature, absent students tend to demonstrate lower academic achievement and appear more susceptible to addictive behaviors, potentially skewing study results 35 . In the present study there was no significant difference in absence between the two groups.…”