Best friend's and family members’ smoking habits and parental divorce during childhood are associated with smoking in adulthood
Autor: | Ulla Broms, Markku Koskenvuo, Kari Mattila, Karoliina Koskenvuo, Lauri Sillanmäki |
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Přispěvatelé: | Hjelt Institute (-2014), Department of Public Health |
Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Health (social science) Smoking habit education childhood adversities REGULAR SMOKING Population based divorce smoking 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cigarette smoking ADVERSITIES Medicine Peer influence 030212 general & internal medicine PREDICTORS ABUSE Adverse Childhood Experiences RISK school year business.industry Health Policy Odds ratio 3142 Public health care science environmental and occupational health population-based PEER INFLUENCE Smoking status ADOLESCENT SMOKING CIGARETTE-SMOKING business best friend BEHAVIOR 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Adolescent smoking Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 29:441-452 |
ISSN: | 1458-6126 1455-0725 |
DOI: | 10.2478/v10199-012-0039-2 |
Popis: | Aims Smoking initiation during childhood or adolescence is strongly associated with friends’ smoking. Likewise, adverse living conditions increase the likelihood of future deviant behaviour. We examine whether smoking by a best friend and family members during school years as well as adverse childhood experiences are associated with smoking in adulthood. Data and Design We have analysed the responses of Finnish working-aged respondents in 1998 (N=25901) and 2003 (N=20773) to questions on the smoking status of friends and family members during school years as well as their answers on a six-item scale of childhood adversities. A case-control study design was used to compare current cigarette smokers (1998 and 2003) to non-smokers (1998 and 2003). Results If a best friend during school years was a smoker, the subject s odds ratio (OR) of being a smoker in adulthood was 4.43 among females and 3.91 among males compared to those with a non-smoking best friend in multivariate models adjusted for smoking by family members during school years and by six childhood adversities. These associations did not differ by age. Smoking in adulthood was associated with childhood adversities, most strongly with parental divorce or separation during the subjects’ school years. Conclusion Smoking by a best friend and parental divorce or separation during school years appears to be a strong factor of smoking in later life. |
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