Quitting Smoking Is Socially Contagious

Smoking and the decision to quit spreads through social ties, both close and distant, said researchers in the US, who looked into smoking patterns in social networks and found that people follow the quitting habits of their spouses, friends, brothers and sisters, and in small firms, behaviour of work colleagues was also influential.

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Filed under: Public Health on May 22nd, 2008