Nicotine Addiction

NHLBI study shows weight concerns increase girls' risk of becoming smokers

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 28th, 2002

Concern about weight and the drive to be thin increase the risk a girl will become a daily smoker by the time she's 18 or 19 years old, according to a new study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Weight concerns increased the risk for both black and white girls.

The study found that other factors early in life also increased the risk of later smoking, including stress, a parent with high school or less education, being from a one-parent household, drinking alcohol, poor academic performance, and poor conduct. Each factor affected the risk to differing degrees in black and white girls.

The study, which appears in the...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2002-07-28)

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