Genes and the Social Environment

Researchers at Princeton suggest that teens are influenced to smoke not only by their peers but — surprisingly — by their peers’ genes. New evidence on teen smoking behavior points to the genes of people around us, the genetics of our social environment, as significant factors in why some people take up risky behaviors, like smoking.  https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/09/16/genes-social-environment-and-adolescent-smoking