(mostly self-initiated cessation) at some point in the
past and failed [2,3]. While 53% of adolescent smokers
report an interest in quitting tobacco use in the next six
months, only approximately 18% of adolescent smokers
are ready to take action and try to quit in the next 30
days [4]. Only 1% to 2% of heavy lifetime adolescent
smokers (e.g., smoked greater than 100 cigarettes; now
smoke 10 cigarettes per day or more) report selfinitiated
quitting for at least a 30-day period [3,5,6].
Generally, tobacco-related programmatic efforts
have been focused on the development of teen tobacco