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Drug Alcohol Depend. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 August 01. Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 August 1; 165: 229–235. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.014.

Proactive Telephone Counseling for Adolescent Smokers: Comparing Regular Smokers with Infrequent and Occasional Smokers on Treatment Receptivity, Engagement, and Outcomes Jaimee L. Heffner1, Kathleen A. Kealey1, Patrick M. Marek1, Jonathan B. Bricker1,3, Evette J. Ludman4, and Arthur V. Peterson Jr.1,2

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1Division

of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America

2Department

of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

3Department

of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

4Group

Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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Background—Adolescent smoking cessation efforts to date have tended to focus on regular smokers. Consequently, infrequent and occasional smokers’ receptivity and response to smoking cessation interventions is unknown. To address this gap, this study examines data from the Hutchinson Study of High School Smoking--a randomized trial that examined the effectiveness of a telephone-delivered smoking cessation intervention for a large, population-based cohort of adolescent smokers proactively recruited in an educational setting. Methods—The study population included 1,837 proactively identified high school smokers. Intervention receptivity, engagement, and outcomes were examined among adolescent infrequent (1-4 days/month) and occasional (5-19 days/month) smokers and compared with regular smokers (20 or more days/month). Results—With regard to treatment receptivity, intervention recruitment did not differ by smoking frequency. For engagement, intervention completion rates were higher for infrequent

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Correspondence to: Jaimee L. Heffner, Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Mail Stop M3-B232, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024 ([email protected]) telephone: 206.667.7314; fax: 206.667.5977. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Contributors Jaimee Heffner and Kathleen Kealey drafted the manuscript as co-first authors. Patrick Marek was responsible for data collection and management, and performed the statistical analyses. Kathleen Kealey, Jonathan Bricker and Evette Ludman made significant contributions to the design and conduct of the study. Kathleen Kealey managed the delivery of the intervention. Arthur Peterson, Jr., principal investigator of the Hutchinson Study of High School Smoking, was responsible for securing study funding, and leading the design and conduct of the study and the analyses. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the results and the writing of the manuscript and approved the final draft. Conflict of Interest The authors have no competing interests to disclose.

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Proactive telephone counseling for adolescent smokers: Comparing regular smokers with infrequent and occasional smokers on treatment receptivity, engagement, and outcomes.

Adolescent smoking cessation efforts to date have tended to focus on regular smokers. Consequently, infrequent and occasional smokers' receptivity and...
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