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FAMILY DETERMINANTS OF ADOLESCENTS SMOKING
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According to literature data, there are many causes, motives and motivations for smoking. Connecting adolescent occasional smoking with sensory experience searching can be one of the most important risk factors. The less mature the personality is, the more exposure to the challenges. There is an important influence also for the socio-cultural environment in which the adolescent is socialized. Cigarette consumption might be considered as a lifestyle model. The formation of this lifestyle model in childhood and adolescence is considerable due to the socio-cultural environment in which socialization take part. The aim of this study was to analyze adolescentsВ’ smoking behavior, and family-related factors that may influence it. The self-reported questionnaire-based study was done in Mures, Harghita and Covasna counties among 7th and 8th grades students. The prevalence of smoking was 5.9% in the total sample. The results showed significant associations between smoking behavior of young people and their family background (e.g. education of parents, smoking bans at home). Results confirm that smoking prevention efforts should pay more attention to family smoking patterns, family attitudes towards smoking.
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