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Kimberly A. Horn, EdD, MSW, Geri A. Dino, PhD, Iftekhar D. Kalsekar, BS and Ancilla W. Fernandes, MS

The authors are with the Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa. Kimberly A. Horn and Geri A. Dino are also with the Department of Community Medicine and the Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Kimberly A. Horn, EdD, Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies, West Virginia University, PO Box 9190, Morgantown, WV 26505 (e-mail: khorn{at}hsc.wvu.edu).

High school smokers from 2 central Appalachian states received the American Lung Association’s 10-session Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) program or a 15-minute brief self-help intervention. Our study compared the efficacy of N-O-T with that of the brief intervention by examining group differences in the 15-month-postbaseline (12-month-postprogram) smoking quit rates.

N-O-T youths had higher overall quit rates. Review of end-of-program (3-month-postbaseline) and 3-month-postprogram (6-month-postbaseline) follow-up data showed state-level differences and positive cessation trends over time, regardless of treatment intensity. Quit rates were lower than rates found in other N-O-T studies of nonrural youths, suggesting that Appalachian youths are a recalcitrant smoking sample. Findings suggest that N-O-T is one option for long-term smoking cessation among rural teens.

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