'Faculty of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University'
Abstract
Conference Theme: Tobacco and Non-Communicable DiseasesPoster Discussion 61. Assessing the Factors that Influence Tobacco Use: no. PD-1313-21BACKGROUND: Parental influence on children smoking is well known, but most studies focused on general parenting and less on smoking-specific parental practices. We investigated the association between some parental pro-smoking practices (PPP) and children smoking susceptibility. DESIGN/METHODS: Among 100 primary schools with students viewing an anti-smoking drama performance commissioned by the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health in 2012/13, 7 were randomly selected and 1255 primary 2-4 students (mean age 8.5±0.02, 42.8% boys) completed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. Fifteen specific items of PPP in the past 30 days were …published_or_final_versio
