2023
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Substance abuse: Disentangling the interplay between genes, cognitive skills, and educational level in adolescent and young adult smoking – the TRAILS study
- Correlated genetic risk factors predict educational inequalities in smoking
- We studied the mechanisms linking genetics to educational differences in smoking
- Genes predicted cognitive skills in childhood, which predicted educational level
- A lower educational level in adolescence was in turn associated with more smoking
- The social context may drive associations between genetic liabilities and smoking
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