Smoking habits in a cohort of U.K. adolescents
Withers, N.J., Low, J.L., Holgate, S.T. and Clough, J.B. (2000) Smoking habits in a cohort of U.K. adolescents. Respiratory Medicine, 94, (4), 391-396. (doi:10.1053/rmed.1999.0746).
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Description/Abstract
Active smoking is an increasing problem amongst U.K. teenagers. The smoking habits of a cohort of 14–16-year-olds were determined and the association between regular active smoking and domestic and social factors investigated.
Current smoking habits of a cohort of 2289 14–16-year-olds were assessed using a simple postal questionnaire. Data concerning potential factors associated with active smoking were collected from questionnaire completed by parents.
Nine hundred and sixty-nine (44·8%) children admitted to having smoked at some time, with 562 (30·0%) having smoked in the previous 12 months. Three hundred and six (14·1%) children were regular smokers and 158 (51·6% of regular smokers, 7·3% of total cohort) smoked daily. Age, number of other children in the household, parental smoking, smoking sibling(s) and living in a single parent household were all independently associated with regular smoking.
Regular smoking was a significant problem amongst this cohort of teenagers. Living with other smokers, age, household size and living with one parent all predicted a regular smoking habit.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0954-6111 (print) |
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| Keywords: | smoking, adolescents |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Infection, Inflammation and Repair |
| Item ID: | 27494 |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:06 |
| Contributors: | Withers, N.J. (Author) Low, J.L. (Author) Holgate, S.T. (Author) Clough, J.B. (Author) |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27494 |
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