Table 2.
Odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) for the prospective associations between parents’ smoking cessation status and their young adult children’s smoking cessation.
| Parents’ cessation status |
Young adult 6-month smoking abstinenced | |
|---|---|---|
| Among 12th grade daily smokers |
Among 12th grade weekly smokers |
|
| Did not quita | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Late quittingb | 1.49 (0.90, 2.45) | 1.50 (0.96, 2.36) |
| Early quittingc | 1.70 (1.23, 2.36) | 1.91 (1.41, 2.58) |
Smokers whose responding parent indicated on both the age 8 and 17 parent smoking survey that at least one parent was a current smoker.
Smokers whose responding parent indicated on the age 8 parent smoking survey that at least one parent currently smoked and no parent had quit smoking. In addition, the responding parent indicated on the age 17 parent smoking survey that at least one parent had quit and no parent was currently smoking.
Smokers whose responding parent indicated on both the age 8 and 17 parent smoking survey that at least one parent had quit and no parent was a current smoker.
Controlled for child gender and parent education.