The study, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, found that of the 1,134 16-year-olds in Leeds who were surveyed, the number of girls who took up smoking was double that of boys.
The research builds on studies of the group from the age of 11 over the course of four years. The young people's attitudes and intentions towards smoking were assessed using questionnaires as well as breath and saliva tests. Having friends and parents who smoked, a positive attitude towards smoking, and being female were the common elements that could turn a non-smoking 11-year-old into a smoker at 15.
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