Smoking and quitting history correlates of readiness to quit in multiethnic adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
To describe smoking and quitting history among multiethnic adolescent smokers and examine these as correlates of readiness to quit.


METHODS
Data were analyzed from 121 high school smokers. Sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported smoking history, number and duration of recent quit attempts, attitudes toward smoking/quitting, and readiness to quit were included.


RESULTS
Smoking and quitting history variables were associated with adolescents' stage of readiness to quit. A reasonably consistent pattern emerged in which those in the preparation stage were significantly different from the precontemplators and contemplators.


CONCLUSIONS
Results are discussed in terms of interventions matched to individuals' readiness to quit.
Woodruff
Susan I
SI
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. swoodruff@projects.sdsu.edu
Lee
Joann
J
Conway
Terry L
TL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation