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To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00737.x Byline: Pamela A. Kulbok (1), Hyekyun Rhee (2), Nisha Botchwey (3), Ivy Hinton (4), Viktor Bovbjerg (5), Nancy Lois Ruth Anderson (6) Keywords: adolescent; nonsmoking; tobacco prevention Abstract: ABSTRACT Objective: Although adolescents ultimately make their own decisions to smoke or not to smoke, social, economic, and environmental circumstances shape their choices. Most research on prevention of youth tobacco use focuses on predictors of smoking initiation. In this study, we explored nonsmoking attitudes, beliefs, and norms from the perspective of 16-17-year-old nonsmokers. Design: This qualitative study targeted nonsmoking youths because most social policy in the arena of tobacco prevention aims to support adolescents who are tobacco free. Sample: Participants were 39 nonsmokers recruited from youth organizations in an urban community and included 22 African Americans (12 females; 10 males) and 17 Caucasian Americans (10 females; 7 males). Methods: A health behavior framework guided the development of semistructured questions on attitudes, beliefs, and norms associated with nonsmoking, used in eight in-depth group interviews. Results: Concerns for health and addiction, a positive self-image, and perceived confidence, emerged as factors affecting participants' decisions not to smoke. The approval of parents and friends, and personal beliefs further reinforced adolescents' nonsmoking decisions. Conclusions: There were more commonalities than differences in nonsmoking attitudes across gender and race. Future studies of youth tobacco prevention should employ multifaceted approaches targeting adolescents' attitudes, families, and peer networks. Author Affiliation: (1)D.N.Sc., R.N., P.H.C.N.S.-B.C., is Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Mental Health Systems and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville (2)Ph.D., R.N., is Associate Professor, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, New York (3)Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, Departments of Urban and Environmental Planning and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia (4)Ph.D., is Research Associate, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, Virginia (5)Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia (6)Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., is Professor and Director, Participatory Research and Community Partnership Core, Center for Vulnerable Populations Research, UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California Article note: Correspondence to:, Pamela A. Kulbok, University of Virginia School of Nursing, P. O. Box 800826, Charlottesville, VA 22908. E-mail: pk6c@virginia.edu