If it's any consolation, it appears as if snorers are born, not made. And they start young. The November 2000 issue of Pediatrics reports that a apnea causes snoring Portuguese study of 8-year-old children found that almost 9 percent were regular snorers. And more than 30 percent had occasional episodes of loud snoring. Meanwhile, the October cures for snoring causes snoring 2000 issue of the European Journal of Pediatrics reports that 5 percent of infants between the ages of 2 and 4 months snored regularly, and another 7 infant snoring causes snoring percent were occasional snorers.