i
Physical Activity and Quit Motivation Moderators of Adolescent Smoking Reduction
-
Jul 01 2017
Source: Am J Health Behav. 41(4):419-427. -
Alternative Title:Am J Health Behav
-
Publisher's site:
-
Personal Author:
-
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.
-
Subject:
-
Pubmed ID:28601101
-
Pubmed Central ID:PMC5546298
-
Document Type:
-
Funding:
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
File Type:
[PDF-486.27 KB]
Email
CDC-INFO
