Smoking mothers and snuffing fathers: behavioural influences on youth tobacco use in a Swedish cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the influences of parental use of cigarettes and snus (the Swedish variety of smokeless tobacco) on offspring's behaviour.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

The Stockholm County of Sweden.

Subjects

2232 adolescents recruited in the fifth grade (mean age 11.6 years) with follow up in the eighth grade.

Main outcome measures

Self reported tobacco use (ever and current use of cigarettes and/or snus) in the eighth grade.

Results

Parents' tobacco use was associated with adolescents' current use of cigarettes and snus (odds ratio (OR) 2.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.8 to 3.9 if both parents used tobacco v neither parent). Mother's cigarette smoking was associated with adolescents' current exclusive smoking (OR 2.4, 95% CI

SUBMITTER: Rosendahl KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1759077 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature