title: Prospective predictors of quit attempts and smoking cessation in young adults.
abstract: This study examined prospective predictors of attempts to quit smoking and successful quitting among those who attempted to quit (n = 700), using a long-term longitudinal study of the natural history of cigarette smoking in a midwestern community sample. Participants, originally surveyed in 6th-12th grade (1980-1983), were followed up in 1987 and 1994. Results showed that amount of smoking, gender, education, health beliefs about smoking, value on healthy lifestyle, motives for smoking, reasons for quitting, and occupancy of young adult social roles were significant predictors of cessation. However, there were different predictors of attempts to quit and successful quitting among those who attempted to quit. From a public health perspective, both predictors of quit attempts and predictors of successful quitting among attempters are useful targets for intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chassin
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Presson
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D009042:Motivation; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012927:Social Control, Informal