Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 5, 2013. Adolescents are more likely to smoke if their parents smoke, and a new study points to the strong influence of an older sibling who smokes, too. The study, “Parent and Child Cigarette Use: A Longitudinal,Multigenerational Study,” published in the September 2013 issue of Pediatrics (published online Aug. 5), documents how parents’ long-term smoking habits affect their children’s likelihood of smoking.
