Nine-year prospective relationship betweenparental smoking cessation and children's daily smoking

  1. JonathanB. Bricker1,2,*,
  2. Brian G. Leroux3,
  3. Arthur V.Peterson Jr1,3,
  4. Kathleen A. Kealey1,
  5. Irwin G. Sarason1,2,
  6. M. Robyn Andersen1,
  7. Patrick M. Marek1

Article first published online: 7 MAY 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00343.x

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Addiction

Addiction

Volume 98, Issue 5, pages 585–593, May 2003

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Bricker, J., Leroux, B. G., V.Peterson, A., Kealey, K. A., Sarason, I. G., Andersen, M. R. and Marek, P. M. (2003), Nine-year prospective relationship betweenparental smoking cessation and children's daily smoking. Addiction, 98: 585–593. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00343.x

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  1. 1

    Cancer Prevention Research Program, Divisionof Public Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle,WA,

  2. 2

    Departmentof Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  3. 3

    and Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington,Seattle, WA, USA

* JonathanBricker Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Divisionof Public Health Sciences MP-603 PO Box 19024 Seattle, WA98109–1024 USA Tel: + 1 206 667 5074 Fax: + 1 206 667 5530 E-mail: jbricker@u.washington.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 MAY 2003
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAY 2003
  3. Submitted 29 March 2002; initial review completed 19 July 2002; final version accepted 5 November 2002

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Keywords:

  • Children's smoking;
  • parental cessation

ABSTRACT

Aims  The first prospective investigation of the extent to which parentalsmoking cessation predicts their children's daily smoking.

Design  Parental smoking status was assessed when children were aged8/9 years and children's smoking status was assessedat age 17/18 years.

Setting  Twenty Washington State school districts in the control groupof the Hutchinson Smoking Prevention Project.

Participants and measurements 

Questionnaire data were gathered on 3012 children (49% femaleand 91% Caucasian) and both of their parents in a cohort witha 95% retention rate.

Findings  When both parents quit smoking, children's odds of dailysmoking were reduced by 39% (95% CI = 15%,56%) compared to when both parents were current smokers.Furthermore, when both parents never smoked then children’sodds of daily smoking were reduced by 71% (95% CI = 62%,78%).

Conclusions  Parental smoking cessation is associated with reduced risk oftheir children's daily smoking. Parents who quit stillplace children at substantially higher risk compared to parentswho never smoked.

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