Robert Locklear: Early childhood household smoke exposure predicts later delinquency and dropout risk at age 12

Monday, November 21, 2016

Early childhood household smoke exposure predicts later delinquency and dropout risk at age 12

The more children are exposed to household tobacco smoke in early childhood, the greater their risk of adopting antisocial behavior toward others, engaging in proactive and reactive aggression, having conduct problems at school, and dropping out at age 12, research shows.