Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Multicenter Study
. 2007 Aug;97(8):1408-11.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.109397. Epub 2007 Jun 28.

Continued smoking and smoking cessation among urban young adult women: findings from the Reach for Health longitudinal study

Ann Stueve  1 , Lydia O'Donnell
Affiliations
Multicenter Study

Continued smoking and smoking cessation among urban young adult women: findings from the Reach for Health longitudinal study

Ann Stueve et al. Am J Public Health. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

We examined smoking and smoking cessation among 538 young inner-city women who had been followed from early adolescence to young adulthood. Results showed that 14.3% of these young women had smoked in middle school, 26.4% had smoked in high school, and 21.9% had smoked at age 19 or 20 years, when many were rearing children, pregnant, or considering pregnancy. Young women who were raising children were more likely than those who were not to currently smoke or to have smoked in the past. Partner violence victimization was an independent risk factor for continued smoking. If improvements in smoking cessation rates are to be achieved, public health efforts must address factors underlying early and continued smoking.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Maurice E, Trosclair A, Merritt R, et al. Cigarette smoking among adults—United States. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54:1121–1124. - PubMed
    1. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Menacker F, Sutton PD, Mathews TJ. Preliminary births for 2004: infant and maternal health. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed August 15, 2006.
    1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Preventing smoking during pregnancy. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/factsheets/Prevention/smoking.htm. Accessed August 15, 2006.
    1. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, Ga: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2006. - PubMed
    1. O’Donnell LN, Duran RH, San Doval A, Breslin MJ, Juhn GM, Stueve A. Obtaining written informed consent for school-based surveys of young adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 1997;21:376–383. - PubMed

Publication types