SynthesisAmerican journal of preventive medicine2012
Efficacy of smoking-cessation interventions for young adults: a meta-analysis.
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- Smoking-Cessation Interventions for U.S. Young Adults: Updated Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Do brief alcohol interventions reduce tobacco use among adolescents and young adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Individualized Treatment Effects of a Digital Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Individuals Looking Online for Help: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
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- Smartphone Application for Smoking Cessation (Quit with US): A Randomized Controlled Trial among Young Adult Light Smokers in Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Age and pre quit-day attrition during smoking cessation treatment.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2020Trial
- Treatment barriers among younger and older socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers.The American journal of managed care · 2017Trial
- Oral nicotine pouches have arrived at U.S. college campuses.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2026Article
- Predictors of Patient Engagement in Telehealth-Delivered Tobacco Cessation Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- The Dismal State of Federal Funding for Experimental Evaluations of Interventions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.Perspectives on behavior science · 2023Article
- Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Young People.Cureus · 2022Review
- How to manage cigarette smoking in kidney transplant candidates and recipients?Clinical kidney journal · 2021Article
- Feasibility of a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App (Quit with US) for Young Adult Smokers: A Single Arm, Pre-Post Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Usability and Acceptability of Two Smartphone Apps for Smoking Cessation Among Young Adults With Serious Mental Illness: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR mental health · 2021Article
- Socio-economic distribution of e-cigarette use among recent former regular smokers and current smokers at ages 25-26 in England.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Article
- Campus tobacco control policies and cessation interventions in college students: a commentary calling for research and action to address tobacco-related health disparities.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Acceptability and Usability of Mobile Apps for Smoking Cessation Among Young Adults With Psychotic Disorders and Other Serious Mental Illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Reducing smoking in youth by a smoke-free school environment: A stratified cluster randomized controlled trial of Focus, a multicomponent program for alternative high schools.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2021Article
- Perceptions of Mobile Apps for Smoking Cessation Among Young People in Community Mental Health Care: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2020Article
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Abstract
contextApproximately 22% of U.S. young adults (aged 18-24 years) are smokers. Young adults typically display an interest in quitting, but it is unknown whether the evidence-based cessation programs designed for adults will be equally effective for young adults. This meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of smoking-cessation programs for this population. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: In 2009-2011, studies published between 2004 and 2008 that investigated smoking cessation were first found through the DHHS Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence as well as a PubMed search (2009-2010) and were then subjected to a rigorous inclusion process. Authors were contacted to glean raw data for young adults. Fourteen studies provided data that were coded for descriptive information and aggregated using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis, version 2.0. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: Among young adults, any type of intervention was more effective in producing successful smoking cessation than the control. This was the case for intent-to-treat analyses as well as complete cases. When interventions were effective for the larger adult sample, they were also effective for the younger adult sample.
conclusionsAlthough young adults tend to underutilize evidence-based cessation treatments, the current meta-analysis showed that these treatments should be as effective for young adults as they are for the general adult population. Thus, it may be useful to focus on motivating young adults to seek cessation treatment to increase utilization.
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