Abstract
Childhood self-control has previously been found to predict health, wealth and criminal convictions. Specifically, the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS) has found that poor self-control during the first decade of life predicts poor health behaviours during adulthood, including tobacco dependence. The DMHDS found that children with low self-control were more likely to begin smoking tobacco by age 15. We do not understand whether parent’s childhood self-control affect their children’s smoking behaviours.