Background Previous research has shown that between 80 and 90 percent of adult smokers
report having started smoking before 18 years of age. Several studies have revealed that …

The prevalence of smoking among adolescents has stopped declining in spite of all
preventative efforts. There is a need for further knowledge and understanding of why …

Background: A range of factors have been found to influence the onset and maintenance of
smoking among adolescents. The aim was to explore interrelationships among adolescent …

Background Smoking most often starts in adolescence, implying that understanding of
predicting factors for smoking initiation during this time period is essential for successful …

Abstract Objectives To analyse Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data to determine the
role of family background on cigarette smoking among adolescents in Slovakia. Methods …

Background Several studies have observed socio-economic (SE) inequalities in smoking
among adolescents, but its causes are not fully understood. This study investigates the …

This study assessed the relationship between the smoking behavior of adolescents and the
smoking status of their parents and friends among adolescents from six European countries …

Parents play an important role in the development of young people's smoking behavior,
through the modeling effects of their own smoking status, through the ways they raise their …

Background: The objective was to test whether an association between school
connectedness and smoking exists among Danish school children, and if so, to examine …

Aim: We studied how multigenerational socioeconomic circumstances influence
adolescents' smoking. Previous studies have shown that low academic achievement as well …