"Look at Me, I Plan to Quit Smoking": Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Adolescent Smokers' Intention to Quit Smoking.

The tobacco epidemic is one of the most prominent public health threats the world has ever faced. Public health policy that seeks to limit the problem may have to target not only the price of tobacco but also the initiation stage in a smoker's life-the adolescent stage. Most research on teen smoking focuses on initiation and other stories.