The Liverpool Longitudinal Study on Smoking, by The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and Liverpool John Moores University, was set up to identify what makes young people smoke.
The study has been tracking 250 young people from the age of four to discover how their attitudes towards smoking develop and change over time.
Interim results suggest that by the age of 11, 27 per cent had tried smoking and the main influence was having parents or siblings who smoke.
Researchers say the findings demand a rethink on the effectiveness of peer-led methods to convince young people to quit. Instead, they argue, there needs to be more focus on young people's home environment.
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