title: Beliefs regarding cigarette use, motivations to quit, and perceptions on cessation programs among minority adolescent cigarette smokers.
abstract: To gain a better understanding of minority smoking cessation interventions, our study used a qualitative approach to investigate smoking uptake beliefs regarding cigarette use, motivations to quit, and perceptions on cessation programs among 65 minority high school students who were current smokers.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. ronald.j.peters@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kelder
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Prokhorov
authors.forename: Carolyn A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Agurcia
authors.forename: George S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Yacoubian
authors.forename: E James
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Essien
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D009042:Motivation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*