Parental Anti-Smoking Encouragement as a Longitudinal Predictor of Young Adult Cigarette and E-cigarette Use in a US National Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Young adulthood is a critical period for the adoption of risk behaviors like tobacco use. Protective factors in adolescence may promote a tobacco-free transition to young adulthood. We examine associations between the frequency of parental anti-smoking encouragement in adolescence and cigarette and e-cigarette use in young adulthood.

Aims and methods

We analyzed data from Waves 1 (2009-2010, 10th grade, mean age = 16.2 years) and 5 (2013-2014 mean age = 20.3 years) of the US nationally representative NEXT Generation Health Study (n = 1718). At Wave 1, participants reported how often their parents or guardians encourage them to not smoke cigarettes (1 = Rarely or Never, 7 = Frequently). We used separate weighted multiple logistic regression models to model Wave 5

SUBMITTER: Broun A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372650 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature