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A Harvard study has determined that adolescents whose parents smoke are more likely to begin smoking themselves. A team from the Harvard School of Public Health reached this conclusion after studying the habits of 559 boys and girls ages 12 to 17.

"The longer a parent smoked, the greater an adolescent's likelihood of starting smoking. Whether or not the parent was actually dependent on nicotine didn't affect the strength of the relationship."

Researchers also found that a father who smoked had a stronger effect on his son's risk that a mother's smoking had on her daughter. Source: ABS-CBN News5

Labels: parents, smokers, influences

Posted By: Aspen Education Group