Physical Activity and Quit Motivation Moderators of Adolescent Smoking Reduction

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Behav
• Personal Author:
  Blank, Melissa D. ; Ferris, Kaitlyn A. ; Metzger, Aaron ; Gentzler, Amy ; Duncan, Christina ; Jarrett, Traci ; Dino, Geri
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  We examined participant characteristics as moderators of adolescents’ smoking cessation outcomes as a function of intervention: Not-on-Tobacco (N-O-T), N-O-T with a physical activity (PA) module (N-O-T+FIT), or Brief Intervention (BI).
  
  Methods
  
  We randomly assigned youth (N = 232) recruited from public high schools to an intervention, and measured their baseline levels of PA and motivation to quit. The number of cigarettes/day for weekdays and weekends was obtained at baseline and 3-month follow-up.
  
  Results
  
  Across time-points, cigarette use declined for youth in N-O-T (p = .007) and N-O-T+FIT (ps < .02), but not BI (n.s.). For N-O-T+FIT youth, the steepest declines in weekday smoking occurred for those with high PA levels (p = .02). Weekend cigarette use decreased for N-O-T+FIT youth with moderate-high levels of intrinsic motivation to quit (ps < .04).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Adolescents may benefit from interventions designed to address the barriers faced during a quit attempt, including their motivation to make a change and their engagement in other healthy behaviors such as physical activity.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Adolescents Article Cessation Exercise Exercise Therapy Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Motivation Physical Activity Psychotherapy, Brief Smoking Smoking Cessation Smoking Reduction Treatment Outcome

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• Source:
  Am J Health Behav. 41(4):419-427.
• Pubmed ID:
  28601101
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5546298
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP000052/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48 DP005004/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U54 GM104942/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:604f50fef9aefeed07491430d5f497ebc2a9a251bcbc96ab2743cfccbbeecb0c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47443/cdc_47443_DS1.pdf
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