Children are so concerned about the impact of smoking on their parent’s health that more than a third would go without Christmas presents to get them to quit, according to new findings published today.
The research, conducted last month on behalf of the Department of Health, polled 1,000 children in England aged 7-13. Almost all (98%) of children with a smoking parent wished they would quit. 94% of children surveyed thought smoking was either stupid (52%) or dangerous (42%) and 91% said they would never try a cigarette.
However, by the age of 15, more than one in seven children has become regular smokers. Over 40% of children in the UK live in a household where at least one person smokes and if a child’s parents smoke they are three times more likely to smoke themselves.
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