1.   Parental attitude to smoking and peer influence are factors which affect both boys and girls taking up the smoking habit.

2.   Somehow, without guidance and peer influence, cricketers are apt to bite the hand that feeds them.

3.   Although she said her son has always excelled in school, Nedd was also concerned about peer influence.

4.   As a result, he said, children have been without male role models, and more open to negative peer influences.

5.   But if vouchers became public policy and more poor students attended private schools, positive peer influence would decline.

6.   Peer influence is one of the key reasons that young people engage in dangerous pursuits, professionals believe.

7.   To help his salespeople gain access to the executive suite, Forstmann has also deputized members of his board to use a bit of peer influence.

8.   The teachers cited peer influence, poor parental supervision and unfavourable home backgrounds as common causes for misbehaviour in schools, the newsletter said.