Open AccessYoung Adult Smoking Cessation: Predictors of Quit Attempts and Abstinence
Author(s) -
Lori Diemert,
Susan J. Bondy,
K. Stephen Brown,
Steve Manske
Publication year - 2013
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.2012.300878
Subject(s) - abstinence , smoking cessation , young adult , medicine , psychiatry , addiction , quit smoking , demography , clinical psychology , psychology , gerontology , pathology , sociology
We examined young adult smoking cessation behaviors, coding cessation behavior as no attempt, quit attempt (< 30 days), or abstinence (≥ 30 days) during follow-up from July 2005 through December 2008, observed in 592 young adult smokers from the Ontario Tobacco Survey. One in 4 young adults made an attempt; 14% obtained 30-day abstinence. Cessation resources, prior attempts, and intention predicted quit attempts, whereas high self-efficacy, using resources, having support, and low addiction predicted abstinence, indicating that young adult smokers require effective and appropriate cessation resources.