Do children influence their parents' smoking?

Abstract

A CONTROLLED study was carried out among parents of children in fourteen primary schools in Sheffield (England) to investigate a possible 'spread of effect' from a school anti smoking project. The study showed that children are an important source of information for parents on smoking hazards, but it was not possible to isolate the effect of this information on parental smoking behaviour from the many other influences involved. However, a favourable effect on attitudes to school health education was detected.