title: Five-year prospective prediction of self-initiated quitting of cigarette smoking of high-risk youth.
abstract: This paper provides a 5-year replication-extension of a previous 1-year follow-up study of the same sample of southern California alternative high school youth. Demographic, behavioral, psychosocial, and emerging adult function predictors of adolescent self-initiated smoking cessation were investigated. Based on the first (1-year) prospective study and this follow-up, one may speculate that smoking cessation programs for adolescents should include counteraction of problem-prone attitudes, assistance with job aspirations and information about drug-free workplaces, motivation to quit strategies, and assistance with overcoming withdrawal symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Alhambra, California 91803, USA. ssussma@hsc.usc.edu
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sussman
authors.forename: Clyde W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Dent
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D009042:Motivation; D010379:Peer Group; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000208:ethnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology