No tobacco cessation method has proved to be any more or less successful among minority women than among white women in the same study, but research on smoking cessation among women of most racial and ethnic minorities has been scarce.
Women are more likely than men to affirm that they smoke less at work because of a worksite policy and are significantly more likely than men to attribute a reduced amount of daily smoking to their worksite policy. Women also are more likely than men to support policies designed to prevent smoking initiation among adolescents, restrictions on youth access to tobacco products, and limits on tobacco advertising and promotion.
Successful interventions have been developed to prevent smoking among young people, but little systematic effort has been focused on developing and evaluating prevention interventions specifically for girls.
Cessation programs are work-, community-, and/or school-based.
Adolescent girls are more likely than adolescent boys to respond to smoking cessation programs that include social support from the family or their peer group.
Among heavy smokers, women are more likely than men to report being dependent on cigarettes and to have lower expectations about stopping smoking, but it is not clear if such women are less likely to quit smoking.
Successful programs must address bio-psychosocial factors.
Source: Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General—2001 |
