Barriers to Smoking Cessation in Inner-City African American Young Adults
Frances A. Stillman, EdD,
Lee Bone, MPH, BSN,
Erika Avila-Tang, PhD, MHS,
Katherine Smith, PhD,
Norman Yancey,
Calvin Street and
Kerry Owings
Frances A. Stillman and Erika Avila-Tang are with the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Lee Bone and Katherine Smith are with the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Norman Yancey is with the Community Building in Partnership, Baltimore. Calvin Street is with the YO! Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Baltimore. Kerry Owings is with the YO! Westside Center, Baltimore.
FIGURE 1——Percentage of African American young adults (aged 18–24 years) who hold certain attitudes toward and perceptions of the availability of single cigarettes and smoking-related issues, by smoking status: Baltimore, Md, 2005–2006.
* P < .05 for the comparison by smoking status (2).