title: Parental communication not to smoke and adolescent cigarette smokers' readiness to quit: differences by age.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1002, USA. priti.bandi@cancer.org
authors.forename: Priti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bandi
authors.forename: Vilma E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Cokkinides
authors.forename: J Lee
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Westmaas
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: 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