"Adolescent smoking" refers to the act of teenagers or young people smoking cigarettes or other forms of tobacco.
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This method of reducing exposure to movie smoking may serve as a valuable addition to strategies to
reduce adolescent smoking.
It is hypothesized that anti-smoking parenting practices are associated
with adolescent smoking cognitions, i.e. attitude, social influence and self - efficacy.
The aim of this study was to explain the effects of anti-smoking parenting practices on
adolescent smoking cognitions and behavior by showing the mediating effects of cognitions.
The study of Scottish teenagers — the first of its kind in the UK — examined the relationship
between adolescent smoking habits and tobacco outlet density in teenagers» home and school neighborhoods.
These findings support the idea that anti-smoking parenting practices can be viewed as predisposing processes operating on
adolescent smoking behavior through cognitions.
This study investigated effects of anti-smoking parenting practices on
adolescent smoking initiation by explaining the role of smoking - specific cognitions in this process.
After correcting for gender and age, at T1, the enforcement of house rules about smoking outside by non-smoking mothers was related to increased chances of adolescent smoking [odds ratio (OR) = 0.56, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 0.36 — 0.88, P < 0.05].
Anti-smoking practices favorably related to
adolescent smoking included house rules for smoking in the living room and outside, communication about the health risks of smoking, the health risks of breathing in smoke, addictive qualities of smoking, and attention for smoking in school.
This study uses a large longitudinal cohort, the Tracing Opportunities and Problems in Childhood and Adolescence (TOPP) Study, to assess the prospective relationship
between adolescent smoking and adult anxiety symptoms.
[jounal] Huver, R. M. E / 2007 / Bi-directional relations between anti-smoking parenting practices and
adolescent smoking in a Dutch sample / Health psychology 26 (6): 762 ~ 768
Interventions aimed at prevention of smoking uptake should encourage those anti-smoking parenting practices that
influence adolescent smoking - related cognitions in a favorable manner.
Rose M. E. Huver, Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Hein de Vries; Are anti-smoking parenting practices related to
adolescent smoking cognitions and behavior?
Results: Parental smoking cessation was associated with
less adolescent smoking, except when the other parent currently smoked.
Future studies of the role of parents» implicit attitudes toward smoking and of parents» perceived legitimacy to
regulate adolescent smoking are also warranted, particularly with larger samples of ex-smoking parents and longitudinal designs.
Authoritative parenting style and
adolescent smoking and drinking.
What accounts for the strong parental influence as it relates to
adolescent smoking?
The fact that
adolescent smoking was more strongly affected by parents who were current smokers than by parents who had quit, the authors write, suggests a role - modeling effect.
Its authors say their findings challenge the claim by tobacco companies that marketing has far less of an impact on
adolescent smoking than social factors.
Regional studies have linked exposure to movie smoking with
adolescent smoking.