© 2007 American Public Health Association DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117358
Corinne G. Husten is with the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Corinne G. Husten, MD, MPH, Chief, Epidemiology Branch, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mail-stop K-50, Atlanta, GA 30341 (e-mail: cch5@cdc.gov).
The theme of this issue is the critically important topic of young adult smoking cessation. Young adulthood is a time of many transitions, including changes in smoking behavior. Adolescents who experiment or smoke intermittently often progress to daily smoking in young adulthood.1 For example, Tercyak et al.2 reported that among 12th grade ever smokers (defined as persons who have ever smoked in their lifetimes), 39% were smoking more frequently or intensely by the following year. Some adults smoke their first cigarettes after the age of 18, but little initiation occurs after age 25.1 There is evidence that smoking initiation has
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