title: Smoking Cessation Failure Among Korean Adolescents.
abstract: The aim of this study was to identify smoking cessation failure subgroups among Korean adolescents. Participants were 379 smoking adolescents who joined a smoking cessation program. A questionnaire and a cotinine urine test were administered before the program began. Three months after the program ended, the cotinine urine test was repeated. A decision-tree model identified seven subgroups with low or high smoking cessation rates. The predictors of smoking cessation were intention to stop smoking, initiation of smoking, amount of cigarette use, self-efficacy, and paternal smoking status. The subgroup with the lowest smoking cessation rate included adolescents who did not have any intention to stop smoking and who had started smoking after eighth grade, and none of the participants in this group stopped smoking. The results of this study provide crucial information for tailored smoking cessation programs.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chonbuk Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Reul
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chonbuk Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea kimhk@jbnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Hyun Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chonbuk Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chonbuk Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chonbuk Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Minyoung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D003367:Cotinine / Q000652:urine; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012907:Smoking / Q000628:therapy / Q000652:urine; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D003367:Cotinine
keywords: adolescents; decision-tree model; intention to stop smoking; school nursing; self-efficacy; smoking cessation