Smoking uptake in UK children: Analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study.
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We used data from 11 577 children in the UK Millennium Cohort Study, collected at approximately 14 years of age (early teens), to assess characteristics associated with smoking, and generated regional estimates of numbers of smokers. 13.8% of UK early teens studied had ever smoked; 1.9% were current smokers. This corresponds to 2 28 136 and 39 653 (13-14 year olds) in the UK, respectively. Ever smoking risk increased if caregivers (26.0% vs 10.9%) or friends smoked (35.1% vs 4.0%), with a dose-response effect for friends' smoking. Caregiver and peer-group smoking remain important drivers of child smoking uptake and thus important targets for intervention.
Date Issued
2019-06
Date Acceptance
2018-10-15
Citation
Thorax, 2019, 74 (6), pp.607-610
ISSN
0040-6376
Publisher
BMJ
Start Page
607
End Page
610
Journal / Book Title
Thorax
Volume
74
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Author(s) (or their employer(s)). No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This article has been accepted for publication in Thorax following peer review. The definitive copyedited, typeset version Laverty AA, Filippidis FT, Taylor-Robinson D, et al Smoking uptake in UK children: analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study Thorax is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212254
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30442657
PII: thoraxjnl-2018-212254
Subjects
tobacco control
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2018-11-15