Teen smoking related to parent smoking patterns

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 17:30 in Psychology & Sociology

The more time a child is around a parent who smokes, the greater the chance the child will become a regular smoker, researchers said. The researchers looked at smoking patterns: timing, duration and nicotine dependence. With each additional year of exposure to a parent smoking, the child...

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