title: Use of and interest in smoking cessation strategies among daily and nondaily college student smokers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine use of and interest in cessation strategies among nondaily and daily college student smokers.
  
  
  METHODS
  800 undergraduate student smokers aged 18 to 25.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors examined nondaily versus daily smoking in relation to use of and interest in cessation strategies using an online survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nondaily (65.8%) versus daily smokers (34.3%) were more likely to have made a quit attempt (p = .01) but less likely to have used any assistance (p < .001). Nondaily smokers were less interested in pharmacotherapy and traditional behavioral interventions; however, there was no difference in interest in technology-based interventions among nondaily versus daily smokers. Controlling for covariates, there were no significant differences in interest in traditional or technology-based behavioral interventions. Higher motivation, lower confidence, and depressive symptomatology were related to interest in each intervention. Smoking for social reasons was related to interest in technology-based interventions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different intervention strategies may be appropriate for nondaily and daily smokers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. cjberg@emory.edu
authors.forename: Carla J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Erin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Sutfin
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mendel
authors.forename: Jasjit S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D040241:Social Marketing; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult