Proactive Telephone Counseling for Adolescent Smokers: Comparing Regular Smokers with Infrequent and Occasional Smokers on Treatment Receptivity Engagement and Outcomes

摘要

BackgroundAdolescent smoking cessation efforts to date have tended to focus on regular smokers. Consequently, infrequent and occasional smokers’ receptivity and response to smoking cessation interventions is unknown. To address this gap, this study examines data from the Hutchinson Study of High School Smoking--a randomized trial that examined the effectiveness of a telephone-delivered smoking cessation intervention for a large, population-based cohort of adolescent smokers proactively recruited in an educational setting.