Risk Factors for Adolescent Smoking: Parental Smoking and the Mediating Role of Nicotine Dependence

摘要

BackgroundParental smoking and early-emerging nicotine dependence symptoms are well-documented risk factors for adolescent smoking. However, very little is known about the mediating pathways through which these risk factors may act, or whether parental smoking may cause or signal early-emerging nicotine dependence symptoms.