Abstract
We examined motivation for cessation and plans to quit among 945 high school students in 2001 at three levels of smoking frequency (regular, occasional, and infrequent). Surveys were completed at six Illinois high schools. In multivariate models, females (compared to males) and white students (compared to nonwhite students) were more likely to plan to quit, but plans to quit did not differ by smoking level. In multivariate models to predict motivation for cessation, regular smokers were significantly less motivated to quit than were occasional and infrequent smokers, and occasional smokers were less motivated than infrequent smokers; demographic variables were nonsignificant. Infrequent and occasional smokers are motivated to quit and intend to quit soon, making them an attractive target for cessation programs.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1127-1137 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Substance Use and Misuse |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2005 |
Funding
This study was supported in part by a grant from the American Lung Associations of Illinois. Additional support for the first author was provided by NIDA postdoctoral training grant DA07293.
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Cessation
- Motivation
- Smoking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
