Open AccessSmoking and Cessation Behaviors Among Young Adults of Various Educational Backgrounds
Author(s) -
Leif I. Solberg,
Stephen E. Asche,
Raymond Boyle,
Michael E. McCarty,
Merry Jo Thoele
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.098491
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , psychological intervention , demography , affect (linguistics) , young adult , health education , environmental health , gerontology , public health , psychology , psychiatry , nursing , communication , pathology , sociology
We sought to determine whether the educational backgrounds of young adult smokers (aged 18 to 24 years) affect their cessation attitudes or behaviors in ways that could be used to improve smoking interventions.