Impact of Parents and Peers Smoking on Tobacco Consumption Behavior of University Students
Conclusions: Peers had a stronger impact than parents and both parents and peers had greater influence on males than
on females. Interestingly, almost 80% of the smoking students did not have smoking parents or peers, which leaves
the question unanswered of why they started smoking in the first place. Actions at a societal level should be taken into
consideration to prevent smoking and thus help create a non-smoking generation.
PMID: 29580039 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Source Type: research
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