HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: AJPH.2006.103697v1 97/8/1412    most recent Submit a response Purchase Article View Shopping Cart Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Fagan, P. Articles by Gibson, J. T. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Fagan, P. Articles by Gibson, J. T. Related Collections Tobacco Control Epidemiology Socioeconomic Factors Surveillance Smoking Cessation

Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Erik Augustson, PhD, MPH, Cathy L. Backinger, PhD, MPH, Mary E. O’Connell, MA, Robert E. Vollinger, Jr, MSPH, Annette Kaufman, BA and James T. Gibson, BS

At the time of the study, Pebbles Fagan, Cathy Backinger, Robert Vollinger, and Annette Kaufman were with the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Erik Augustson and Mary E. O’Connell were with SAIC-Frederick, Inc, NCI Frederick, Bethesda, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, Room 4042, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7337, Bethesda, MD 20892-7337 (e-mail: faganp{at}mail.nih.gov).

Objectives. We investigated variables associated with quitting behaviors among current, daily, and nondaily young adult smokers in the United States.

Methods. Data from the national 2003 Tobacco Use Special Cessation Supplement to the Current Population Survey were analyzed to identify factors associated with quit attempts and serious intention to quit among young adult smokers aged 18 to 30 years (n=7912).

Results. Daily smokers who smoked 20 or more cigarettes per day, had their first cigarette within 30 minutes of waking, and smoked no usual type were less likely than were their comparison groups to have 1 more or quit attempts. Nondaily smokers who were male, Hispanic, and smoked no usual type of cigarette were also less likely than were their comparison groups to report 1 or more quit attempts. Although unemployed nondaily smokers were more likely than were the employed to report intention to quit, nondaily smokers with an annual family income of $25 000 to $49 000 were less likely than were higher-income families to report intention to quit.

Conclusions. Nicotine dependence measures were significantly associated with quitting and intention to quit among daily smokers, but sociodemographics were associated with quitting and intention to quit among nondaily smokers.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				C. G. Husten Smoking Cessation in Young Adults Am J Public Health, August 1, 2007; 97(8): 1354 - 1356. [Full Text] [PDF]