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Deepa R Camenga

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PubMed2006

The changing risk profile of the American adolescent smoker: implications for prevention programs and tobacco interventions.

PURPOSE: To determine how the association between cigarette smoking and other risky behaviors, such as substance use, violence, and risky sexual practices, has changed between 1991 and 2003. METHODS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) from 1991 to 2003 were analyzed. For each cohort, logistic regression models controlling for gender, race/ethnicity, and school grade were used to describe the associations between smoking and other risky behaviors. Changes in the odds ratios over time were confirmed with a trend analysis. RESULTS: The strength of the relationship between smoking and other risky behaviors increased for lifetime number of sexual partners (1991 odds ratio [OR] 1.49; 2003 OR 1.61 (p < .001)), sexual partners in the past 3 months (1991 OR 1.77; 2001 OR 2.05 (p < .001)), and never wearing a bicycle helmet 1991 OR 1.40; 1997 OR 5.94 (p < .001). Increases were also seen for binge drinking, and physical fighting. The association between cigarette smoking and marijuana use decreased slightly. CONCLUSIONS: Future prevention efforts and tobacco intervention programs should recognize that current adolescent smokers are even more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, risky alcohol-related behaviors, and to not use a seatbelt or bicycle helmet than were adolescents in the early nineties.

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PubMed2004

Adolescent smoking cessation.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Approximately 25% of high school students report current cigarette use, 85% of adolescents think about quitting, and around 80% of current smokers made a quit attempt in the past year. This review analyzes recent additions to the adolescent smoking cessation literature from June 1, 2003 to May 1, 2003. RECENT FINDINGS: Adolescent attitudes toward smoking cessation are largely affected by their smoking history. Youth cessation interventions largely focus on behavioral interventions, and research concerning these interventions has yielded mixed results. Little data exist about the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy in adolescents, but there is growing evidence that youth use this pharmacotherapy. Recent research has explored the use of nicotine replacement therapy as an adjunct for enhanced smoking reduction in adults, and future research may focus on this tactic for youth as well. Internet cessation adjuncts and telephone quit lines also serve as future frontiers for adolescent smoking cessation research. SUMMARY: Information concerning adolescent smoking behaviors, effective interventions, and smoking cessation therapy continue to grow and provide data that improve our understanding of adolescent smoking cessation. Although we cannot directly extrapolate the adult findings to this population, adult cessation research continues to inform future adolescent cessation efforts.

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