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Smoking and quitting history correlates of readiness to quit in multiethnic adolescents.

Woodruff SI, Lee J, Conway TL

San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. swoodruff@projects.sdsu.edu

OBJECTIVES: To describe smoking and quitting history among multiethnic adolescent smokers and examine these as correlates of readiness to quit. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 121 high school smokers. Sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported smoking history, number and duration of recent quit attempts, attitudes toward smoking/quitting, and readiness to quit were included. RESULTS: Smoking and quitting history variables were associated with adolescents' stage of readiness to quit. A reasonably consistent pattern emerged in which those in the preparation stage were significantly different from the precontemplators and contemplators. CONCLUSIONS: Results are discussed in terms of interventions matched to individuals' readiness to quit.

Published 13 November 2006 in Am J Health Behav, 30(6): 663-74.
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