Parental Smoking in Childhood as a Smoking Risk Factor Throughout Middle Age.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Children of people who smoke have a well-documented higher risk of smoking initiation. However, little is known about the persistence of the association between parental smoking and children's own smoking as they age.

Methods

This study uses data collected by the Panel Study of Income Dynamics collected between 1968 and 2017 and investigates the association between parental smoking and children's own smoking through middle age and how it may be modified by adult children's SES using regression models. The analysis was conducted between 2019 and 2021.

Results

The results show an increased risk of smoking among adult children of parents who smoked. Their odds were elevated in young adulthood (OR=1.55, 95% CI=1.11, 2.14), established adulthood (OR=1.53, 95%

SUBMITTER: Kalousova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10363230 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature