Parental Smoking and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: An Intergenerational Perspective on Tobacco Control

E. Gilman, Stephen; Rende, Richard; Boergers, Julie; B. Abrams, David; L. Buka, Stephen; A. Clark, Melissa; M. Colby, Suzanne; Hitsman, Brian; N. Kazura, Alessandra; P. Lipsitt, Lewis; E. Lloyd‐Richardson, Elizabeth; L. Rogers, Michelle; A. Stanton, Cassandra; R. Stroud, Laura; Niaura, Raymond

doi:10.1542/peds.2008-2251

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Parental Smoking and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: An Intergenerational Perspective on Tobacco Control

Published in PEDIATRICS • Jan 26, 2009

Authors:

Stephen E. Gilman

Richard Rende

Julie Boergers

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Adolescence is an important period of risk for the development of lifelong smoking behaviors. Compelling, although inconsistent, evidence suggests a relationship between parental smoking and the risk of smoking initiation during adolescence. This study investigates unresolved issues conce...

Subject

Offspring

Medicine

Demography

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