Recommendations and guidance for practice in youth tobacco cessation.
OBJECTIVE
To summarize recommendations from Youth Tobacco Cessation: A Guide for Making Informed Decisions for careful consideration, selection, implementation, and evaluation of youth cessation interventions.


METHODS
Recommendations were developed from an evidence review and consensus from a multidisciplinary advisory panel.


RESULTS
Identified essential elements for selecting, planning, delivering, and evaluating youth cessation interventions.


CONCLUSIONS
Until there is more evidence for effectiveness of youth specific cessation interventions, clinicians and practitoners should adopt treatments that use cognitive-behavioral approaches for youth cessation interventions that require careful planning and rigorous evaluation.
Milton
Micah H
MH
National Center for Birth Defects and Development Disabilities, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-87, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. mmilton@cdc.gov
Maule
Catherine O
CO
Backinger
Cathy L
CL
Gregory
Dena M
DM
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002170:Canada; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States