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Parents' and friends' smoking status as predictors of smoking onset: findings from six European countries

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de Vries, H.·2003·Health Education Research
DOI 10.1093/her/cyg032
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This study assessed the relationship between the smoking behavior of adolescents and the smoking status of their parents and friends among adolescents from six European countries. A longitudinal study collected data from 15 705 adolescents on their own smoking status, and that of their parents, best friend and friends in general. Cross-sectional regression analysis showed that adolescent smoking was most strongly associated with friends' smoking and best friend's smoking, explaining 38% of the variance in the total sample. Longitudinal regression analysis, however, showed that the beta coefficients of the smoking status of the best friend and friends in general were comparable to that of parental smoking. Parental smoking behavior was found to be as predictive of smoking onset after 1 year as friends' smoking status.

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Authors
de Vries, H.
Venue
Health Education Research
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2003-10-01
Volume
18
Issue
5
Pages
627-636
ISSN
  • 0268-1153 (ISSN-L)
  • 1465-3648
DOI
10.1093/her/cyg032
OpenAlex
W2168985706
Cited by
266
References
53
FWCI
7.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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de Vries, H. (2003). Parents' and friends' smoking status as predictors of smoking onset: findings from six European countries. Health Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyg032

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