Preparing for the Quit Day: Comparing Beliefs of Nondaily Versus Daily Young Adult Smokers as They Prepare for a Quit Attempt.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most smoking cessation approaches are modeled on heavy daily smoking. With increasing prevalence of nondaily smoking, it may be necessary to modify these approaches for nondaily smokers.

Aims

To provide information about beliefs and attitudes relevant to smoking cessation for nondaily smokers.

Methods

Secondary analysis of two prospective studies on young adult smokers (18-24 years of age) provided brief advice to quit smoking. Measures include baseline levels of constructs relevant to smoking cessation counseling and perceived benefits of and barriers to smoking cessation.

Results

Participants (n = 40 nondaily, 122 daily smokers) were predominantly White (70% and 84%, respectively), gender-balanced (50% and 43% female), full-time college students

SUBMITTER: Hoeppner BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248953 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature