Characteristics and Predictors of Intention to use Cessation Treatment among Smokers with Schizophrenia: Young Adults Compared to Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Over half of young adults with schizophrenia smoke. Quitting before age 30 could prevent some of the disparate morbidity and mortality due to smoking-related diseases. However, little research has addressed smoking in this group nor evaluated strategies to help young adults with schizophrenia quit smoking. We compared demographic and smoking-related characteristics of young adults and those over 30 years of age among 184 smokers with schizophrenia. With a series of regression models, we assessed whether age, gender, smoking characteristics, social norms, attitudes, and perceived behavioral control predicted intention to quit smoking and to use cessation treatments. Young adults had smoked for fewer years, had lower nicotine dependence, and had lower breath carbon monoxide levels than those

SUBMITTER: Brunette MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988490 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature