Why has adolescent smoking declined dramatically? Trend analysis using repeat cross-sectional data from New Zealand 2002-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Adolescent smoking has declined in New Zealand and in many other countries since the late 1990s, yet the reasons for the decline are not well understood. We investigated the extent to which established risk factors for adolescent smoking (parental, sibling and peer smoking, and exposure to smoking in the home) explained the downward trend.

Design

Trend analysis of repeat cross-sectional data from an annual nationally representative survey.

Setting

New Zealand.

Participants

Secondary school students aged 14-15 (n=398 221).

Outcome measure

Regular (at least monthly) smoking.

Methods

For each risk factor (parental smoking, best friend smoking, older sibling smoking and past week exposure to smoking in the home) we plotted prevalence of exp

SUBMITTER: Ball J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224735 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature