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February 2008, Vol 98, No. 2 | American Journal of Public Health 310-316
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.101758

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Gender Differences in Smoking and Cessation Behaviors Among Young Adults After Implementation of Local Comprehensive Tobacco Control

Jennifer A. Ellis, PhD, Sarah B. Perl, MPH, Karen Davis, MPH, MSW and Laura Vichinsky, BA

All of the authors are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tobacco Control, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Jennifer A. Ellis, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, Bureau of Tobacco Control, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 2 Lafayette, CN-18, New York, NY 10007 (e-mail: jellis1{at}health.nyc.gov).

Objectives. We sought to study gender differences in young adult smoking declines and enrollment in populationwide cessation services.

Methods. The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene implemented populationwide cessation programs to distribute free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); demographic data were collected from enrollees. Smoking prevalence was assessed using data from the Community Health Survey, an annual population-based survey.

Results. Between 2002 and 2005, smoking among young adults in NYC declined from 23.8% to 18.8%, which was explained entirely by a 41.8% decline among young adult women (23.2% to 13.5); prevalence remained at 24% among young adult men. More young adult women enrolled in cessation services than did men, although once enrolled, the likelihood of using NRT was high among both groups.

Conclusions. Among young adults, women have been responsive to comprehensive tobacco control, but men require more-intensive strategies. Population-wide NRT distribution can be effective with young adults overall; however, additional resources need to be devoted to identifying successful outreach strategies for young adult men.






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