ArticleFamily practice2016
Reasons to quit and barriers to quitting smoking in US young adults.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mobile Phone-Based Interventions for Smoking Cessation Among Young People: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
- A novel stress-based intervention reduces cigarette use in non-treatment seeking smokers.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023Trial
- Tailored text message and web intervention for smoking cessation in U.S. socioeconomically-disadvantaged young adults: A randomized controlled trial.Preventive medicine · 2022Trial
- Characterizing nicotine withdrawal in smokers experiencing homelessness.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Can chatbots help to motivate smoking cessation? A study on the effectiveness of motivational interviewing on engagement and therapeutic alliance.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Age and pre quit-day attrition during smoking cessation treatment.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2020Trial
- A randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of smoking-related response inhibition training in smokers: a study protocol.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Integrating tobacco treatment into cancer care: Study protocol for a randomized controlled comparative effectiveness trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
- Crossed Pathways: Tobacco-Cannabis Co-Use and Motivation to Quit in Young Adults in France.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Transdiagnostic Risk Factors for Reasons for Smoking: Evaluating the Concurrent Role of Distress Tolerance and Anxiety Sensitivity.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Barriers to quittingPreventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Reasons to quit cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless nicotine products: A cross-sectional study among Danish people aged 15-29 years.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Article
- Smoking relapse and withdrawal symptoms among smokers accessing smoking cessation services provided by the primary care settings of Qatar.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Better health and less stress: an elicitation survey on quitting little cigars and cigarillos by young adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Smoking cessation and exercise: perspectives from smokers with and without mental health problems.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Motivators and barriers for smoking cessation in people with multiple sclerosis: a qualitative study to inform the design of a tailored intervention.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Factors Related to Tobacco Cessation Attempts Among Turkish Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model Analysis.Thoracic research and practice · 2024Article
- "I'm both smoking and vaping": a longitudinal qualitative study of US young adults who tried to quit smoking cigarettes by using electronic cigarettes.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Tax increases as an incentive to quit smoking: is thinking about quitting due to a tobacco tax increase associated with post-tax increase smoking cessation?BMC public health · 2024Article
- Determinants of Smoking Cessation Outcomes and Reasons for Relapse in Patients Admitted to a Smoking Cessation Outpatient Clinic in Turkey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundYoung adulthood provides an enormous opportunity to alter trajectories of smoking behaviour for a large public health impact.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine correlates of perceived barriers to quitting smoking and reasons to quit in a sample of young adult current and former smokers.
methodsThis study used data from the 2011 National Young Adult Health Survey, a random-digit-dial cellphone survey. Participants were US young adult current smokers aged 18-34 (n = 699) and young adults who were either current smokers who had made a quit attempt in the past-year (n = 402) or former smokers (n = 289). Correlates of barriers to quitting smoking and reasons for quitting smoking were assessed using bivariate and multivariable analyses.
resultsMore than half of current smokers identified 'loss of a way to handle stress' (59%) and 'cravings or withdrawal' (52%) as barriers to quitting. Female gender, daily smoking and intention to quit remained significantly associated with endorsing 'loss of a way to handle stress' as a barrier to quitting in multivariable analyses. The two most popular reasons for quitting smoking were physical fitness (64%) and the cost of tobacco (64%).
conclusionThese findings highlight barriers to cessation and the reasons that young smokers give for quitting. This information may be helpful to physicians as they counsel their young adult patients to quit smoking.
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