Abstract Introduction Smoking among New Zealand (NZ) adolescents has declined since
2000, but ethnic disparities remain pronounced. To inform prevention efforts, we …

Background: Social influences are among the most important factors associated with
children's and adolescents' smoking. Social norms in families, peer groups, professional and …

Introduction To assess the socio-economic gradient in early smoking initiation at age 11
years and the extent to which any inequality was explained after accounting for longitudinal …

This paper examines the relationship between family structure and smoking among 15-year-
old adolescents in seven European countries. It also investigates the association between …

Background In general having a parent who smokes or smoked is a strong and consistent
predictor of smoking initiation among their children while authoritative parenting style, open …

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 …

Introduction The strength of national tobacco control varies by country, but it is unclear how
this relates to smoking in adolescents of high and low SES. This study examined 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 …

Background Schools have the potential to influence their pupils' behaviour through the
school's social organisation and culture (non-formal school characteristics), as well as …

Background This study compared parental smoking with school personnel smoking in
relation to adolescents' smoking behaviours, alcohol use, and illicit drug use. Methods A …