Childhood self-control predicts smoking throughout life: Evidence from 21,000 cohort study participants.

Michael DalyMark EganJody QuigleyLiam DelaneyRoy F Baumeister

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2016)

This study provides strong evidence that low childhood self-control predicts an increased risk of smoking throughout adulthood and points to adolescent smoking as a key pathway through which this may occur. (PsycINFO Database Record

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
early life
childhood cancer
young adults
mental health
depressive symptoms
emergency department
adverse drug
electronic health record