AIM: To determine how the age at starting smoking, any quit attempts and the single nicotine dependence criteria are related to the lifetime amount of smoking. METHODS: A population-based sample of 4075 18 to 64-year-olds drawn at random in northern Germany was used. It included 836 former and 1601 current smokers. They were interviewed face-to-face at their homes with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview which provides a nicotine dependence diagnosis (DSM-IV). Also included was the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. RESULTS: The rates of smokers who started smoking at a young age, who had five or more quit attempts in the past and who fulfilled the single nicotine dependence criteria increased with the lifetime amount of tobacco smoked. CONCLUSION: Nicotine dependence may be a main impeding factor against efforts to decrease smoker rates.
AIM: To determine how the age at starting smoking, any quit attempts and the single nicotine dependence criteria are related to the lifetime amount of smoking. METHODS: A population-based sample of 4075 18 to 64-year-olds drawn at random in northern Germany was used. It included 836 former and 1601 current smokers. They were interviewed face-to-face at their homes with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview which provides a nicotine dependence diagnosis (DSM-IV). Also included was the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. RESULTS: The rates of smokers who started smoking at a young age, who had five or more quit attempts in the past and who fulfilled the single nicotine dependence criteria increased with the lifetime amount of tobacco smoked. CONCLUSION:Nicotine dependence may be a main impeding factor against efforts to decrease smoker rates.
Authors: D Shmulewitz; M M Wall; E Aharonovich; B Spivak; A Weizman; A Frisch; B F Grant; D Hasin Journal: Psychol Med Date: 2013-01-14 Impact factor: 7.723
Authors: Timothy B Baker; Robert B Weiss; Daniel Bolt; Andrew von Niederhausern; Michael C Fiore; Diane M Dunn; Megan E Piper; Nori Matsunami; Stevens S Smith; Hilary Coon; William M McMahon; Mary B Scholand; Nanda Singh; John R Hoidal; Su-Young Kim; Mark F Leppert; Dale S Cannon Journal: Nicotine Tob Res Date: 2009-05-12 Impact factor: 4.244
Authors: Robert B Weiss; Timothy B Baker; Dale S Cannon; Andrew von Niederhausern; Diane M Dunn; Nori Matsunami; Nanda A Singh; Lisa Baird; Hilary Coon; William M McMahon; Megan E Piper; Michael C Fiore; Mary Beth Scholand; John E Connett; Richard E Kanner; Lorise C Gahring; Scott W Rogers; John R Hoidal; Mark F Leppert Journal: PLoS Genet Date: 2008-07-11 Impact factor: 5.917