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Trends in regular smoking for girls 1999-2010

Perceptions and Quitting Behaviours among Adolescent Smokers in NZ: 2002 to 2008 Dr Louise Marsh Cancer Society Research Fellow louise.marsh@otago.ac.nz. Trends in regular smoking for girls 1999-2010. ASH New Zealand (2011). Trends in regular smoking for boys 1999-2010. ASH New Zealand (2011).

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Trends in regular smoking for girls 1999-2010

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  1. Perceptions and Quitting Behaviours among Adolescent Smokers in NZ: 2002 to 2008Dr Louise MarshCancer Society Research Fellowlouise.marsh@otago.ac.nz Cancer Society Social & Behavioural Research Unit (SBRU) Te Hunga Rangahau Ārai Mate Pukupuku

  2. Trends in regular smoking for girls1999-2010 ASH New Zealand (2011)

  3. Trends in regular smoking for boys1999-2010 ASH New Zealand (2011)

  4. Hooked on nicotine scores among young NZ smokers Guo, H., R. McGee, A.I. Reeder, and A. Gray (2010)

  5. Success of smoking cessation among young people • Most people who smoke regret their decision to start smoking and want to quit • Despite wanting to quit, many young people are unable to successfully do so

  6. Aim of the Study To examine trends among young NZ smokers in desire to quit smoking, perceptions of their ability to quit, and actual quit attempts from 2002-2008

  7. Survey • Health Sponsorship Council health lifestyle surveys • Biennial national surveys • Monitor risk and protective factors for smoking • Over 3000 14-15 year olds • Analysed trends in data from 2002 to 2008 • Current smokers

  8. Measures Desire to quit “Do you want to stop smoking now?” Self efficacy beliefs about quitting “Do you think you would be able to stop smoking if you wanted to? “ Quit attempts “During the past year (12 months) have you ever tried to stop smoking cigarettes?”

  9. Current Smoking

  10. Demographics

  11. What did we find?

  12. Wanting to stop smoking Māori: 1.6 (1.3 to 1.9) Pacific: 2.3 (1.7 to 3.3)

  13. Belief in being able to stop smoking

  14. Made a quit attempt Māori: 2.1 (1.7 to 2.6) Pacific: 2.6 (1.8 to 3.9)

  15. What predicts a quit attempt? 5.9 (CI: 4.8 to 7.4) 0.4 (CI: 0.3 to 0.5) Want to Quit Quit Attempt Believe they can Quit

  16. Conclusions • Little change in the number of young people making a quit attempt since 2002 • Desire and motivation to quit remain important • Young people may believe they can quit whenever they want, but this may stop them making a quit attempt

  17. Where to from here? • Smoking cessation support for young people • What works for young people? • What is available? • Future research • What does smoking cessation support look like for young people?

  18. Acknowledgements Professor Rob McGee and Andrew Gray Cancer Society Social and Behavioural Research Unit, University of Otago Dr Rhiannon Newcombe and Judy Li Health Sponsorship Council

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