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Exposure to parental tobacco and alcohol use: effects on children's health and development
1National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University, New York, USA. lrichter@casacolumbia.org
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|May 12, 2001
Abstract:
This review examines three ways in which parental tobacco and alcohol use compromises the physical and mental health of children: 1) direct exposure to the substances; 2) living with parents who may become ill from using these substances; and 3) children's modeling of parental substance use. Implications for prevention, intervention, and public education are discussed, and a reframing of the national dialogue on youth substance abuse is called for.