Open Access“I Smoked That Cigarette, and It Calmed Me Down”: A Qualitative Analysis of Intrapersonal, Social, and Environmental Factors Influencing Decisions to Smoke Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Author(s) -
Joanne Patterson,
Allison Glasser,
Joseph Macisco,
Alice Hinton,
Amy Wermert,
Julianna M. Nemeth
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntab196
Subject(s) - intrapersonal communication , psychology , stressor , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , smoking cessation , social environment , social support , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , interpersonal communication , sociology , paleontology , social science , pathology , biology
Approximately 70% of youth experiencing homelessness smoke cigarettes; many try to quit and are interested in formal smoking cessation programs. The purpose of this study was to describe the intrapersonal, social, and environmental contexts associated with the most recent smoking experience among youth experiencing homelessness and (2) identify differences in contextual factors by age and willingness to quit.