Our previous work with Latino youth indicated that Mexican and Mexican-American parents, more so than other ethnic groups, may prompt their children to engage in behaviors that may encourage them to “practice” smoking-related behaviors. A follow up study with 3624 middle school students in San Diego, California indicated that four parental prompts (a) bring cigarettes to parent, (b) light parent’s cigarette, (c) start the cigarette in his/her own mouth and then pass it to parent, and (d) smoke with the parent were predictive of past-month smoking. Data will soon be available for a follow-up study with 600 middle school-aged students in Tijuana, Mexico to assess the child's smoking history and current smoking; parent's smoking status, and; frequency of parental smoking-related prompts. This paper will present the results of the Tijuana, Mexico study and comparisons will be made to the San Diego study results.
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Keywords: Tobacco, Adolescents
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