Predictors of smoking cessation from adolescence into young adulthood

Article Abstract:

This article examines social factors associated with smoking cessation between adolescence and young adulthood. Findings indicate that marrying a nonsmoker and experiencing a decrease in smoking friends are associated with quitting smoking and that social roles are less significant than social networks in predicting cessation during young adulthood.

Statistical Data Included, Usage, Longitudinal method, Social networks, Social learning, Longitudinal studies

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Differential contribution of parents and friends to smoking trajectories during adolescence

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to assess the relative of friends' and parents' smoking on the age of smoking initiation. The findings are discussed in light of the controversy about the contribution of parents' and friends' smoking behavior to smoking initiation in adolescents.

Public affairs

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Trends in parent and friend influence during adolescence: the case of adolescent cigarette smoking

Article Abstract:

This article discusses adolescence and smoking and parent influences compared with peer influences. The authors conclude that teenagers who smoke were more influenced to do so by friends who smoke rather than parents who smoke.

Influence, Parents, Friendship

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