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A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention

OBJECTIVES: Although a number of population-based studies have examined the characteristics of teens who attempt to quit smoking, few have identified the characteristics of youth who participate in structured cessation interventions, particularly those with demonstrated effectiveness. The purpose of...

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Autores principales: Horn, Kimberly, Dino, Geri, Branstetter, Steven A, Zhang, Jianjun, Kelley, George, Noerachmanto, N, Tworek, Cindy
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2556032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18822165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-4-6
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author Horn, Kimberly
Dino, Geri
Branstetter, Steven A
Zhang, Jianjun
Kelley, George
Noerachmanto, N
Tworek, Cindy
author_facet Horn, Kimberly
Dino, Geri
Branstetter, Steven A
Zhang, Jianjun
Kelley, George
Noerachmanto, N
Tworek, Cindy
author_sort Horn, Kimberly
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVES: Although a number of population-based studies have examined the characteristics of teens who attempt to quit smoking, few have identified the characteristics of youth who participate in structured cessation interventions, particularly those with demonstrated effectiveness. The purpose of the present study is to describe the sociodemographic and smoking-related characteristics of teen smokers who participated in the American Lung Association's Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) program, spanning eight years. N-O-T is the most widely used teen smoking cessation program in the nation. METHODS: Drawn from multiple statewide N-O-T studies, this investigation examined data from 5,892 teen smokers ages 14–19 who enrolled in N-O-T between 1998–2006. We demonstrate similarities and differences between N-O-T findings and existing data from representative samples of US teen smokers where available and relevant. RESULTS: N-O-T teens started smoking earlier, were more likely to be poly-tobacco users, were more dependent on nicotine, had made more previous attempts to quit, and were more deeply embedded in smoking contexts than comparative samples of teen smokers. Additionally, N-O-T teens were moderately ready to quit smoking, believed important people in their lives would support their quit efforts, yet had deficits in their confidence with quitting. CONCLUSION: This profile of N-O-T teens can guide efforts for targeted recruitment strategies to enhance intervention reach for teen smoking cessation. Findings provide guidance for marketing and recruitment efforts of intensive, school-based cessation interventions among established teen smokers, particularly those who want to quit. Study results may shed light upon who is and is not enrolling in N-O-T.
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spelling pubmed-25560322008-09-29 A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention Horn, Kimberly Dino, Geri Branstetter, Steven A Zhang, Jianjun Kelley, George Noerachmanto, N Tworek, Cindy Tob Induc Dis Research OBJECTIVES: Although a number of population-based studies have examined the characteristics of teens who attempt to quit smoking, few have identified the characteristics of youth who participate in structured cessation interventions, particularly those with demonstrated effectiveness. The purpose of the present study is to describe the sociodemographic and smoking-related characteristics of teen smokers who participated in the American Lung Association's Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) program, spanning eight years. N-O-T is the most widely used teen smoking cessation program in the nation. METHODS: Drawn from multiple statewide N-O-T studies, this investigation examined data from 5,892 teen smokers ages 14–19 who enrolled in N-O-T between 1998–2006. We demonstrate similarities and differences between N-O-T findings and existing data from representative samples of US teen smokers where available and relevant. RESULTS: N-O-T teens started smoking earlier, were more likely to be poly-tobacco users, were more dependent on nicotine, had made more previous attempts to quit, and were more deeply embedded in smoking contexts than comparative samples of teen smokers. Additionally, N-O-T teens were moderately ready to quit smoking, believed important people in their lives would support their quit efforts, yet had deficits in their confidence with quitting. CONCLUSION: This profile of N-O-T teens can guide efforts for targeted recruitment strategies to enhance intervention reach for teen smoking cessation. Findings provide guidance for marketing and recruitment efforts of intensive, school-based cessation interventions among established teen smokers, particularly those who want to quit. Study results may shed light upon who is and is not enrolling in N-O-T. BioMed Central 2008-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2556032/ /pubmed/18822165 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-4-6 Text en Copyright © 2008 Horn et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Horn, Kimberly
Dino, Geri
Branstetter, Steven A
Zhang, Jianjun
Kelley, George
Noerachmanto, N
Tworek, Cindy
A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
title A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
title_full A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
title_fullStr A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
title_full_unstemmed A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
title_short A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
title_sort profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2556032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18822165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-4-6
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