Appalachian Teen Smokers

Not On Tobacco 15 Months Later

Bibliographic Data

ID11020115
AuthorsKimberly Horn (0000-0002-8813-6265, West Virginia University), Kimberly A Horn (The authors are with the Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa. Kimberly A. Horn and Geri A. Dino are also with the Department of Community Medicine and the Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa.), Geri A Dino (The authors are with the Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa. Kimberly A. Horn and Geri A. Dino are also with the Department of Community Medicine and the Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa.), Geri Dino (0000-0002-1613-2011, West Virginia University), Iftekhar D Kalsekar (The authors are with the Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa. Kimberly A. Horn and Geri A. Dino are also with the Department of Community Medicine and the Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa.), Iftekhar Kalsekar (0000-0001-5232-5972, West Virginia University), Ancilla W Fernandes (The authors are with the Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa. Kimberly A. Horn and Geri A. Dino are also with the Department of Community Medicine and the Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa.)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue2
Pages181-184
Publication date2004-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.2.181
PMID14759924
OpenAlexW2121059385
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited10

High school smokers from 2 central Appalachian states received the American Lung Association’s 10-session Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) program or a 15-minute brief self-help intervention. Our study compared the efficacy of N-O-T with that of the brief intervention by examining group differences in the 15-month-postbaseline (12-month-postprogram) smoking quit rates. N-O-T youths had higher overall quit rates. Review of end-of-program (3-month-postbaseline) and 3-month-postprogram (6-month-postbaseline) follow-up data showed state-level differences and positive cessation trends over time, regardless of treatment intensity. Quit rates were lower than rates found in other N-O-T studies of nonrural youths, suggesting that Appalachian youths are a recalcitrant smoking sample. Findings suggest that N-O-T is one option for long-term smoking cessation among rural teens

Appalachian Region · Environmental health · Intervention (counseling) · Population · Psychiatry · Quit smoking · Smoking cessation · Tobacco use · Demography · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Gerontology

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