Adolescents' perceptions about quitting and nicotine replacement therapy: findings from the California Tobacco Survey.
We collected data from 5,857 adolescent (12-17 y) respondents in California to assess their perception about quitting smoking and nicotine replacement therapy use. In multivariate models, never smokers were less likely than established or experimenter smokers to believe that if they were to smoke they could quit anytime but were more likely to believe that nicotine replacement therapy is a sure way to quit.
Al-Delaimy
Wael K
WK
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0645, USA. waldelaimy@ucsd.edu
White
Martha M
MM
Pierce
John P
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005731:Ganglionic Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009538:Nicotine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012907:Smoking / Q000188:drug therapy; D016540:Smoking Cessation
D005731:Ganglionic Stimulants; D009538:Nicotine