OBJECTIVE: Between February and March 2003, the authors examined college students' willingness to help a smoker quit and assessed demographic and psychosocial characteristics associated with willingness to help. PARTICIPANTS: Survey respondents were 701 college students (474 women, 227 men) aged 18 to 24 years who indicated there was someone close to them whom they thought should quit smoking. METHODS: Respondents completed measures of willingness to help. The authors used multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine respondent characteristics associated with willingness to help. RESULTS: About half (54%; n = 381) reported that they "definitely would" be interested in helping this smoker quit. Characteristics significantly associated with willingness to help were lower levels of perceived stress, being a non-tobacco user, concern for a boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse who smoked, and more severe levels of distress caused by this person's smoking. CONCLUSIONS: A high percentage of college students are willing to help a smoker. Future studies are needed to engage college students who are nonsmokers in tobacco control efforts, including the Healthy Campus 2010 initiatives to reduce smoking among college students.
OBJECTIVE: Between February and March 2003, the authors examined college students' willingness to help a smoker quit and assessed demographic and psychosocial characteristics associated with willingness to help. PARTICIPANTS: Survey respondents were 701 college students (474 women, 227 men) aged 18 to 24 years who indicated there was someone close to them whom they thought should quit smoking. METHODS: Respondents completed measures of willingness to help. The authors used multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine respondent characteristics associated with willingness to help. RESULTS: About half (54%; n = 381) reported that they "definitely would" be interested in helping this smoker quit. Characteristics significantly associated with willingness to help were lower levels of perceived stress, being a non-tobacco user, concern for a boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse who smoked, and more severe levels of distress caused by this person's smoking. CONCLUSIONS: A high percentage of college students are willing to help a smoker. Future studies are needed to engage college students who are nonsmokers in tobacco control efforts, including the Healthy Campus 2010 initiatives to reduce smoking among college students.
Authors: Pamela M Ling; Youn Ok Lee; Juliette Hong; Torsten B Neilands; Jeffrey W Jordan; Stanton A Glantz Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2014-02-13 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: Christi A Patten; Larra R Petersen; Christine A Hughes; Jon O Ebbert; Sarah Morgenthaler Bonnema; Tabetha A Brockman; Paul A Decker; Kari J Anderson; Kenneth P Offord; Jeannie Boness; Karin Pyan; Carmen Beddow Journal: Nicotine Tob Res Date: 2009-04-08 Impact factor: 4.244