» Life Topics » Smoking Cessation
Parents Who Quit Early Have Kids Who Quit, Too
Parents who quit smoking when their children are young are more likely to have kids who don't smoke or quit as young adults, according to researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
"We found that parents quitting smoking early, before their children reach third grade, is associated with nearly double the chances that their children would quit smoking in young adulthood," said Jonathan Bricker, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and staff scientist at the center's Public Health Sciences Division. A previous study by Bricker and colleagues found that parents who quit early were more likely to have kids who did not smoke.
On the other hand, parents who did not quit smoking themselves until their kids were in grades 3-12 had no impact on whether their children later quit smoking.
"Overall, these findings suggest that helping parents quit smoking should be considered in future public-health interventions that target youth smoking," said Bricker.
The research was published in the March 2005 issue of the journal Addiction.
Link: Find a Therapist
Take a test:
See also:
|
 |
 |
|
