Parental and peer influences on smoking among young adults: ten-year follow-up of the Oslo youth study participants

Øygard, Lisbet; Klepp, Knut‐Inge; Tell, Grethe S.; Vellar, Odd D.

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1995.tb02191.x

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“…The impact on health may thus be similar in both groups. The findings, especially among the coastal students, are in accordance with other reports (Tell & Vellar, 1988;Oygard et al, 1995;Boreham et al, 1999).…”

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Blood lipids, fatty acids, diet and lifestyle parameters in adolescents from a region in northern Norway with a high mortality from coronary heart disease

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Introduction: Students aged 13 and 14 y, in a region in northern Norway with high blood cholesterol levels and high mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the adult population, were studied with respect to lifestyle, dietary habits, nutritional intake and blood lipids including fatty acids in serum. The students came from a coastal community with seawater fish as an important part of the traditional diet, and an inland community with meat from reindeer as a major constituent of the diet. Objective: To investigate whether the traditional diet was maintained among the adolescents and to evaluate the lifestyle and blood lipids. The study was followed up after 1 y. Results: The adolescents from the coastal region did not maintain the traditional diet. In the inland region the students had a high intake of meat, probably reflecting the traditional food culture. The inland boys had higher mean body mass index (BMI) than the coastal boys, and 12% had BMI>28, as compared to none of the coastal boys. Other findings showed that the students had higher levels of blood cholesterol than in the south of Norway and several other countries (about 25% had total cholesterol >5.2 mmol=l), higher intake of dietary sugar and fat than the national recommendations and little intake of seawater fish with corresponding low levels of n-3 fatty acids. This did not change after 1 y of follow up. Some 10 -20% reported daily smoking and 8 -13% reported that they rarely or never did physical exercise. About 30% of the students presented no factors negatively related to development of cardiovascular disease.Conclusion: The findings demonstrate, in the majority of students at the age of 13 and 14 y, the appearance of factors contributing to development of cardiovascular disease (CHD).

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Blood lipids, fatty acids, diet and lifestyle parameters in adolescents from a region in northern Norway with a high mortality from coronary heart disease

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“…Several studies have shown that parental smoking has an impact resulting in a higher risk of smoking initiation, escalation, and the persistence of adolescent smoking [40][41][42]. Previous studies that focus on the effects of smoking siblings on adolescent also reported that smoking sibling increases the likelihood of smoking among adolescents [38,43]. The association observed between smoking status and the existence of smoker in family member in this study might also suggest that genetic factor might be the reason of this positive result.…”

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Assessment of Smoking Behavior Among Malay Male Smokers in Kelantan, Malaysia

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2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess smoking behavior among Malay male smokers in Kelantan, Malaysia.Methods: Volunteers (n=496) were recruited in the study by randomly selected manner. The participants were categorized as smokers (n=248) and non-smoking controls (n=248). All participants were given data collection sheets to record their information. The participants who were selected in smokers group (n=248) were given a form containing questionnaires regarding their smoking behavior. The participants were asked about their smoking history such as smoking initiation age, factors that influence smoking behavior, number of cigarettes daily, number of quitting attempts, and methods of quitting attempts. The validated Malay version of Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND-M) was used to measure physical dependence on nicotine among smokers. Results:The study revealed that smokers in this study group were mainly light smokers. More than half of the participants, i.e., 51.6% (n=128), in this study had an FTND-M score lower than 2 (very low nicotine dependence). The minimum smoking initiation age of the participants in this study was 10 years whereas the maximum age was 40 years. Most of the participants start smoking at the age of <20 years with the higher frequency being 18 years. More than half of the participants (58.5%) claimed that peer influence is the main factor initiating their smoking behavior. From the study, about 50.4% (n=125) of participants used <10 sticks of cigarettes per day, 39.1% (n=97) used 11-20 sticks, 9.39% (n=23) used 21-30 sticks, while 1.2% of the participants used more than 31 sticks of cigarettes per day. Our data indicate that only 10.9% (n=27) of participants had tried more than 5 times to quit smoking. Even though new effective treatments are now available, almost half of the participants, i.e., 51.6% (n=128), had tried to quit smoking without any intervention. Conclusion:Data obtained from this study later may help the public health policy makers and practitioners, especially in Kelantan, Malaysia, to make smoking prevention strategies more effective.

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“…This finding is in line with a study that reported that uptake of smoking in the next 4 years was predicted by having a best friend who smoked (Distefan et al, 1998) but in contrast with two longitudinal studies that did not find friends' smoking a significant predictor for the uptake of regular smoking (Engels et al, 1999;Oygard et al, 1995). One of those studies explored the uptake of regular smoking in a 3-and 5-year period (Engels et al, 1999) and the other used an 8-and 10-year interval (Oygard et al, 1995).…”

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“…Engels, and Dorret I. Boomsma brothers or sisters (Oygard et al, 1995;West et al, 1999). As far as we know, our study is the first one that investigates the influence of smoking brothers and sisters in a longitudinal analysis separately for males and females.…”

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Smoking Status of Parents, Siblings and Friends: Predictors of Regular Smoking? Findings from a Longitudinal Twin-family Study

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T he relationship between regular smoking behavior and the smoking behavior of parents, siblings and friends was investigated using data from the Netherlands Twin Register. Cross-sectional analyses of data of 3906 twins showed significant associations between smoking behavior of the participant and smoking behavior of co-twin, additional brothers, parents of the same sex as the participant and friends. Those variables, together with age, explained 47% of the variance in smoking behavior. Longitudinal analyses of data from 2397 twins, who, in 1993, reported never to have smoked (regularly), showed that uptake of regular smoking two years later was predicted by having a smoking co-twin, smoking same-sex siblings, smoking mother and smoking friends. Males are, in contrast to females, at a later age still vulnerable to taking up regular smoking. The variables explained 21% of the variance. Sport participation, alcohol use, boredom susceptibility and neuroticism significantly added to the predictive value of this model. Including those additional factors increased the explained variance to 30%, and subsequently adding experimental smoking behavior further increased the explained variance to almost 50%. In summary, having smoking family members and friends, as well as lifestyle and personality factors are important predictors for the uptake of regular smoking. However, the experimental smoking behavior of the participant is equally important.

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Parental and peer influences on smoking among young adults: ten-year follow-up of the Oslo youth study participants

Cited by 51 publications

References 9 publications

Blood lipids, fatty acids, diet and lifestyle parameters in adolescents from a region in northern Norway with a high mortality from coronary heart disease

Blood lipids, fatty acids, diet and lifestyle parameters in adolescents from a region in northern Norway with a high mortality from coronary heart disease

Assessment of Smoking Behavior Among Malay Male Smokers in Kelantan, Malaysia

Smoking Status of Parents, Siblings and Friends: Predictors of Regular Smoking? Findings from a Longitudinal Twin-family Study

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