American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 135, No. 3: 240-246
Copyright © 1992 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
research-article |
Age Interacts with Heaviness of Smoking in Predicting Success in Cessation of Smoking
1Addiction Research Foundation Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania
Reprint requests to Dr R. B. Coambs, Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S2S1.
There is conflicting evidence regarding the relation between heaviness of smoking and the likelihood of quitting smoking. We investigated this issue using the data set of the 1986 Adult Use of Tobacco Survey, a telephone survey of the smoking behavior of noninstitutionalized, civilian, US adults aged >16 years. Analyses were based on a subsample of 4,383 individuals who had made a serious attempt to stop smoking 1–10 years before the survey. Among younger smokers, the lighter smokers (<25 cigarettes/day) were the most likely to stop, whereas among older smokers, the heavier smokers (
25 cigarettes/day) were the most likely to stop. These results indicate that age is an important factor in the relation between heaviness of smoking and success in quitting smoking. Am J Epidemiol 1992;135:240–6.
nicotine; smoking; tobacco; tobacco use disorder
CiteULike 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  E. M. Augustson, K. L. Wanke, S. Rogers, A. W. Bergen, N. Chatterjee, K. Synder, D. Albanes, P. R. Taylor, and N. E. Caporaso Predictors of Sustained Smoking Cessation: A Prospective Analysis of Chronic Smokers From the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study Am J Public Health, March 1, 2008; 98(3): 549 - 555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 A Hyland, R Borland, Q Li, H-H Yong, A McNeill, G T Fong, R J O'Connor, and K M Cummings Individual-level predictors of cessation behaviours among participants in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey Tob. Control, June 1, 2006; 15(suppl_3): iii83 - iii94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. King, A. Polednak, R. B. Bendel, M. C. Vilsaint, and S. B. Nahata Disparities in Smoking Cessation Between African Americans and Whites: 1990-2000 Am J Public Health, November 1, 2004; 94(11): 1965 - 1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. A. McGrady and L. L. Pederson Do Sex and Ethnic Differences in Smoking Initiation Mask Similarities in Cessation Behavior? Am J Public Health, June 1, 2002; 92(6): 961 - 965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. L Tyas and L. L Pederson Psychosocial factors related to adolescent smoking: a critical review of the literature Tob. Control, December 1, 1998; 7(4): 409 - 420. [Abstract] [Full Text]
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Osler and E. Prescott Psychosocial, behavioural, and health determinants of successful smoking cessation: a longitudinal study of Danish adults Tob. Control, September 1, 1998; 7(3): 262 - 267. [Abstract] [Full Text]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 S G Gourlay, A Forbes, T Marriner, D Pethica, and J J McNeil Prospective study of factors predicting outcome of transdermal nicotine treatment in smoking cessation BMJ, October 1, 1994; 309(6958): 842 - 846. [Abstract] [Full Text]
|
|