Family members’ and best friend’s smoking influence on adolescent smoking differs between Eastern Finland and Russian Karelia

• Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
• Main Authors: Lastunen, Annamari, Laatikainen, Tiina, Isoaho, Hannu, Lazutkina, Galina, Tossavainen, Kerttu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2017
• Subjects: karelia*; Republic of Karelia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494817723550; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1403494817723550; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1403494817723550

Aims: The aim of this study was to find out whether family members’ (mother, father, siblings) and best friend’s smoking is related to 9th grade pupils’ daily smoking in Eastern Finland and in the Pitkäranta district, in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, and whether these relations have changed in th...