Parental smoking is associated with adolescent loneliness: evidence from 71 low- and middle-income countries
Parental smoking is associated with loneliness in adolescents from LMIC. Our finding expands the well-known physical damage of parental smoking in adolescents to the psychological damage. Strict policies and strategies should be established to encourage smoking cessation for parents who are current smokers.
Authors
- Hui Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3432-0841)
- Min Zhao
- Bo Xi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0491-5585)
- Costan G. Magnussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-5730)
- J Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-0771)
Institutions
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (AU)
- Shandong University (CN)
- University of Turku (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1497136
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17