Parental communication not to smoke and adolescent cigarette smokers' readiness to quit: differences by age.
There is limited information on the relationship between parental practices that specifically discourage current cigarette smoking and adolescent cessation, and how this relationship varies by age. Among 1629 adolescent smokers, self-reported receipt of parental communication not to smoke was significantly and positively associated with readiness to quit. The strength and significance of this association decreased from early to middle adolescence and was not significant in late adolescence.
Bandi
Priti
P
Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1002, USA. priti.bandi@cancer.org
Cokkinides
Vilma E
VE
Westmaas
J Lee
JL
Ward
Elizabeth
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology