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  • Title: Smoking and quitting history correlates of readiness to quit in multiethnic adolescents.
    Author: Woodruff SI, Lee J, Conway TL.
    Journal: Am J Health Behav; 2006; 30(6):663-74. PubMed ID: 17096623.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: To describe smoking and quitting history among multiethnic adolescent smokers and examine these as correlates of readiness to quit. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 121 high school smokers. Sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported smoking history, number and duration of recent quit attempts, attitudes toward smoking/quitting, and readiness to quit were included. RESULTS: Smoking and quitting history variables were associated with adolescents' stage of readiness to quit. A reasonably consistent pattern emerged in which those in the preparation stage were significantly different from the precontemplators and contemplators. CONCLUSIONS: Results are discussed in terms of interventions matched to individuals' readiness to quit.
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