title: Antismoking parenting practices are associated with reduced rates of adolescent smoking.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although parental smoking is clearly one important influence on children's smoking, it is still unclear what are the many mechanisms by which parents influence their children's smoking. Antismoking actions are one potential mechanism.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether parental antismoking actions including having rules about smoking in one's home, using nonsmoking sections of public establishments, or asking others not to smoke in one's presence are associated with adolescents' adoption of smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rural and suburban communities in western Washington State.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population-based cohort of 3555 adolescents and their parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Daily smoking in 12th grade.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescents of parents who report having rules about smoking in one's home, using nonsmoking sections of public establishments, or asking others not to smoke in one's presence were significantly less likely to smoke than adolescents of parents who did not engage in antismoking actions. This association of antismoking action and reduced smoking was found for children of both smoking and nonsmoking parents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents' antismoking actions may help prevent smoking by their teenaged children.
authors.affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA. rander@fhcrc.org
authors.forename: M Robyn
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Leroux
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bricker
authors.forename: Kumar Bharat
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Rajan
authors.forename: Arthur V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology