Nursery World - Stub it out'Special report: smoking

One of the greatest advances for children's health would be to stop their parents from smoking. Annette Rawstrone looks at some positive steps being taken People living in poverty are more likely to light up when the going gets tough, according to recent figures. This may have a calming effect for smokers, but it also has dangerous consequences for their children's health.

People living in poverty are more likely to light up when the going gets tough, according to recent figures. This may have a calming effect for smokers, but it also has dangerous consequences for their children's health.

In most European countries today, the poor are more likely to smoke than the rich. In England, for instance, only 12 per cent of women and 17 per cent of men in the highest socio-economic group are smokers, while in the lowest socio-economic group, corresponding figures are more than two times as high: 33 per cent and 37 per cent respectively, according to 2003 Government figures.

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