Can parents who smoke socialise their children against smoking?
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Smoke-free Kids, a new home based programme to assist parents who smoke in socializing their children against smoking. DESIGN: Two year randomised controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS: At baseline, 887 adult smokers who had an abstinent child in the third grade (ages 7-8 years); 671 adults and children were retained through the 24 month follow up. INTERVENTION: Programme modules, newsletters, incentives, support calls. OUTCOMES: Anti-smoking socialisation; susceptibility to smoking. RESULTS: Of 327 parents randomised to treatment, 210 obtained adequate treatment by using at least three of five core modules. Programme efficacy analyses, which compared these parents with controls (n = 344), showed that exposure to adequate treatment predicted significantly higher levels in nearly all categories of anti-smoking socialisation three months post-intervention. Two years post-baseline, children of parents who reported adequate treatment scored significantly higher than control
