title: [Cigarette smoking among children and adolescents on probation and their family and peer group].
abstract: Smoking is one of the most prevalent and also one of the most unhealthy lifestyle elements. The aim of this paper is to present the incidence and causes of smoking among children and adolescents on probation, and examine how immediate social environment reacts to their smoking. The analysis was based on the results of 190 structured interviews taken from february to may 2010 among persons who are aged 11 to 17 years, living in the city of Poznan. It was found that cigarette smoking in the study population is common phenomenon, primarily correlated with age, but also to gender. Family and peer environment, not only does not constitute a buffer against smoking, but sometimes it reinforces the unhealthy behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Pracownia Socjologii Medycznej, Katedra Medycyny Społecznej, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego, Poznań. mgromade@ump.edu.pl
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gromadecka-Sutkiewicz
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kłos
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adamek
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zysnarska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors