Tobacco Smoke Habits in a Group of Adolescents: Responsibility of the Cohabitants in the Active and Passive Exposure

Bono, Roberto; Arossa, W; Scursatone, E; Meineri, Valeria; Gilli, Giorgio

doi:10.1006/enrs.1997.3761

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“…Moreover, after the population was restricted to children of non-smoking mothers, the associations were attenuated and no longer significant, suggesting that the association between grand-paternal smoking and body size may be due to the correlation between grand-paternal smoking and maternal smoking. In some studies ( 41 , 42 ) but not all ( 43 ), parental smoking was associated with offspring smoking. In our population, grand-maternal and grand-paternal smoking were associated with 40% and 60% increased odds of maternal smoking, respectively.…”

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Is grand-parental smoking associated with adolescent obesity? A three-generational study

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Background/Objectives Data from previous studies consistently suggest that maternal smoking is positively associated with obesity later in life. Whether this association persists across generations is unknown. We examined whether grand-parental smoking was positively associated with overweight status in adolescence. Subject/Methods Participants were grandmother-mother-child triads in the Nurses’ Health Study II (NHS II), the Nurses Mothers’ Cohort Study, and the Growing up Today Study (GUTS). Grandmothers provided information on their and their partner’s smoking during pregnancy with the child’s mother. Information on child's weight and height at ages 12 (N = 3094) and 17 (N = 3433) was obtained from annual or biennial GUTS questionnaires. We used logistic regression to estimate ORs of being overweight or obese, relative to normal weight. Results Grand-maternal smoking during pregnancy was not associated with overweight status in adolescence. After adjusting for covariates, the OR of being overweight or obese relative to normal weight at age 12 years in girls whose grandmothers smoked 15+ cigarettes daily during pregnancy was 1.21 (95% CI 0.74–1.98; ptrend = 0.31) and 1.07 (0.65–1.77; ptrend = 0.41) in boys. Grand-paternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with being overweight or obese at age 12 in girls only, but not at age 17 for either sex: the OR for being overweight or obese at age 12 was 1.38 (95% CI 1.01–1.89; ptrend = 0.03) in girls, and 1.31 (95% CI 0.97–1.76; ptrend = 0.07) in boys. Among children of non-smoking mothers, the OR for granddaughter obesity for grand-paternal smoking was attenuated and no longer significant [OR 1.28 (95% CI 0.87–1.89; ptrend = 0.18)]. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the association between maternal smoking and offspring obesity may not persist beyond the first generation. However, grand-paternal smoking may affect overweight status of the granddaughter, likely through the association between grand-paternal smoking and maternal smoking.

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Is grand-parental smoking associated with adolescent obesity? A three-generational study

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“…Tobacco smoke is a known source of several air pollutants, including FA, and many of them possess alkylating properties (Bono et al, 1997;Bono et al, 2005). To quantify the level of exposure to this important confounding factor, we have measured the urinary cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, sensitive and specific biomarker of passive and active tobacco smoke intake.…”

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Formaldehyde and tobacco smoke as alkylating agents: The formation of N-methylenvaline in pathologists and in plastic laminate workers

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Romanazzi²,

Pirro

et al. 2012

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Active smoking in adolescence is strongly associated with exposure to active smoking in parents. In an evaluation of active and passive household smoking, active smoking and the specific smoking habits of parents were significantly associated with the presence and amount of active smoking in their teenage children (8). Although peer smoking is strongly associated with smoking in young adolescents, long-term studies into adulthood have found even greater influence of parental smoking (9), especially that of the mother (10).…”

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Missed Opportunities for Prevention: Failure to Identify Smoking in the Parents of Adolescent Patients

Key¹,

Marsh

2002

Substance Abuse

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Smoking is an addiction that often begins in childhood or adolescence. Factors associated with early smoking initiation include parental smoking and socialization about smoking with their children. Previous studies evaluating the history obtained during routine pediatric appointments have not focused on parental smoking history and counseling. In this study, seventy-three (73) adolescents (mean age: 15.2 years; 77% female; 64% African-American) seen for medical care in a primary care clinic and their accompanying parent(s) (mean age: 43.5 years; 91% female) were surveyed about smoking followed by a review of each chart measuring documentation of adolescent and parent smoking history and counseling. Although the majority of adolescents were questioned about smoking (92%), parents were rarely questioned (1%) (p < 0.05). Adolescents were counseled about smoking (7%) and other risk-taking behaviors (44%); however, no parents were counseled about smoking or smoking socialization. Physicians frequently overlook an important factor in the prevention of smoking initiation at a young age, parental smoking history and counseling.

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Tobacco Smoke Habits in a Group of Adolescents: Responsibility of the Cohabitants in the Active and Passive Exposure

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Is grand-parental smoking associated with adolescent obesity? A three-generational study

Is grand-parental smoking associated with adolescent obesity? A three-generational study

Formaldehyde and tobacco smoke as alkylating agents: The formation of N-methylenvaline in pathologists and in plastic laminate workers

Missed Opportunities for Prevention: Failure to Identify Smoking in the Parents of Adolescent Patients

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