“…In fact, despite some evidence that support is associated with smoking abstinence (Coppotelli & Orleans, 1985;Gulliver, Hughes, Soloman, & Dey, 1995;Mermelstein, Cohen, Lichtenstein, Baer, & Kamarck, 1986), many interventions designed to enhance support for smoking cessation have failed to achieve desired results (Park, Schultz, Tudiver, Campbell, & Becker, 2008). To inform the development of smoking cessation interventions that attempt to capitalize on the potential benefits of close personal relationships, it is critical to understand the mechanisms underlying effective support for cessation (Westmaas, Bontemps-Jones, & Baueret, 2010).…”