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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2008

Smoking cessation rates in the United States: a comparison of young adult and older smokers.

Karen Messer, Dennis R Trinidad, Wael K Al-Delaimy, John P Pierce

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Article in American journal of public health, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 153 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

153 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. A Systematic Review of Predictors of Vaping Cessation Among Young People.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  7. Nicotine effects on associative learning in human non-smokers.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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  13. Effect of zileuton and celecoxib on urinary LTE4 and PGE-M levels in smokers.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2013
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  14. Quitline cessation counseling for young adult smokers: a randomized clinical trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Karen MesserCancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0901, USA.
Dennis R Trinidad
Wael K Al-Delaimy
John P Pierce

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe compared smoking quit rates by age in a nationally representative sample to determine differences in cessation rates among younger and older adults.

methodsWe used data on recent dependent smokers aged 18 to 64 years from the 2003 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (n=31625).

resultsYoung adults (aged 18-24 years) were more likely than were older adults (aged 35-64 years) to report having seriously tried to quit (84% vs 66%, P<.01) and to have quit for 6 months or longer (8.5% vs 5.0%, P<.01). Among those who seriously tried to quit, a smoke-free home was associated with quitting for 6 months or longer (odds ratio [OR]=4.13; 95% confidence interval [CI]=3.25, 5.26). Compared with older smokers, young adults were more likely to have smoke-free homes (43% vs 30%, P<.01), were less likely to use pharmaceutical aids (9.8% vs 23.7%, P<.01), and smoked fewer cigarettes per day (13.2% vs 17.4%, P<.01).

conclusionsYoung adults were more likely than were older adults to quit smoking successfully. This could be explained partly by young adults, more widespread interest in quitting, higher prevalence of smoke-free homes, and lower levels of dependence. High cessation rates among young adults may also reflect changing social norms.

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AdolescentAdultAge FactorsData CollectionFemaleHousingHumansMaleMiddle AgedSmokingSmoking CessationTobacco Use DisorderUnited States

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PMID18172143
PMCPMC2376894

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