Leatherdale Scott T, McDonald Paul W
Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2L7.
Cancer Causes Control. 2007 Sep;18(7):783-91. doi: 10.1007/s10552-007-9022-8. Epub 2007 Jun 5.
Most youth smokers intend to quit, but the majority is neither aware nor interested in most conventional cessation approaches. As such, a critical first step in understanding youth cessation is to better understand the beliefs youth have about different cessation options.
This cross-sectional study used self-reported data collected from 26,379 grade 9 to 12 students in Ontario, Canada. We examined both the attitudes of youth smokers toward common smoking cessation approaches and factors associated with intentions to join a school-based cessation program.
The majority of youth smokers intend to quit smoking but tend to have negative attitudes toward most formal smoking cessation approaches; Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) was an exception. Among occasional smokers, self-identification as a smoker and being physically active were positively associated with intending to join a school-based cessation program. Having tried to quit smoking at least once in the past year more than doubled the likelihood of being interested in a school-based program among both occasional and daily smokers.
Findings have the potential for informing the development of more effective campaigns for engaging adolescent smokers into smoking cessation treatment. Results also reinforce the need for programmatic innovation within and beyond school settings.
大多数青少年吸烟者打算戒烟，但大多数人对大多数传统戒烟方法既不了解也不感兴趣。因此，了解青少年戒烟的关键第一步是更好地理解青少年对不同戒烟选择的看法。
这项横断面研究使用了从加拿大安大略省26379名9至12年级学生中收集的自我报告数据。我们考察了青少年吸烟者对常见戒烟方法的态度以及与参加校内戒烟项目意愿相关的因素。
大多数青少年吸烟者打算戒烟，但对大多数正式戒烟方法往往持消极态度；尼古丁替代疗法（NRT）是个例外。在偶尔吸烟者中，自我认同为吸烟者以及进行体育活动与参加校内戒烟项目的意愿呈正相关。在过去一年中至少尝试戒烟一次使偶尔吸烟者和每日吸烟者对校内项目感兴趣的可能性增加了一倍多。
研究结果有可能为开展更有效的活动提供信息，以促使青少年吸烟者接受戒烟治疗。结果还强化了在学校环境内外进行项目创新的必要性。
