Characteristics Affecting Successful Outcome in the Cessation of Smoking

Barnes, Gordon E.; Vulcano, Brent A.; Greaves, L. A.

doi:10.3109/10826088509047775

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“…), or when one wants to be stimulated. Some studies using questionnaire measures have reported that stimulation smoking is associated with cessation failure (Barnes, Vulcano and Greaves, 1985;Mothersill et al, 1988), while others have not (Niaura et al, 1989;West and Russell, 1985). As with NA, low arousal has been associated with lapse risk and reports of low-arousal smoking with dependence (Russell, Peto and Patel, 1974;Shiffman, 1993), suggesting an association with cessation outcome.…”

Section: Other Situational Correlates Of Smokingmentioning

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Prediction of lapse from associations between smoking and situational antecedents assessed by ecological momentary assessment

Shiffman

Balabanis

Gwaltney

et al. 2007

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Smoking is associated with particular moods and activities, but it is not known whether there are individual differences in these associations and whether these differences are associated with success in smoking cessation. We assessed such associations using ecological momentary assessment: real-world, real-time data, collected by palm-top computer. Two hundred and fourteen smokers participating in a smoking cessation study provided data during ad lib smoking at baseline. Participants recorded moods and activities each time they smoked and, for comparison, at randomly selected non-smoking occasions. Situational associations with smoking were captured by examining the associations between smoking and antecedents considered relevant to lapse risk: negative affect (NA), arousal, socializing with others, the presence of others smoking, and consumption of coffee and alcohol. The associations varied across participants, confirming individual differences in situational smoking associations. Survival analyses revealed that only the NA pattern predicted first lapse. The effect was only seen in EMA assessments of NA smoking, and was not captured by questionnaire measures of negative affect smoking, which did not predict lapse risk. Moreover, the effect was not mediated by nicotine dependence.

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Section: Other Situational Correlates Of Smokingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prediction of lapse from associations between smoking and situational antecedents assessed by ecological momentary assessment

Shiffman

Balabanis

Gwaltney

et al. 2007

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

204

159

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“…These studies, however, were based on a relatively limited number of participants, only five studies (three from the USA, one from Norway, and one from Italy) having a sample size exceeding 1000 ex-smokers (La Vecchia et al, 1991;Gilpin et al, 1992;Halpern and Warner, 1993;Hymowitz et al, 1997;Grotvedt and Stavem, 2005). In other crosssectional studies on motives for a (hypothetical) quit attempt of current smokers (McCaul et al, 2006;Baha and Le Faou, 2010;Pisinger et al, 2011) and a few longitudinal studies based on current smokers registered in cessation services (Barnes et al, 1985;McCaul et al, 2006;Young et al, 2010), the reasons for quitting did not necessarily result in successful smoking cessation (Hymowitz et al, 1997;McCaul et al, 2006).…”

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Why do smokers quit?

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Muttarak

Franchi

et al. 2013

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Scarce information is available, particularly from Europe, on why smokers quit. We analyzed this issue in a large dataset of Italian ex-smokers. Six population-based surveys on smoking were annually conducted in 2005-2010 on a representative sample of the Italian adult population, which included more than 3000 participants each year. A specific question on the main reason for quitting smoking was answered by a total of 3075 ex-smokers (1936 men and 1139 women). Overall, 43.2% of ex-smokers mentioned a current health condition as the main reason to stop smoking, 31.9% stopped to avoid future health problems, 6.3% stopped because of pregnancy or child birth, 4.0% because of imposition by the partner/family, 3.7% because of a physician's recommendation, 3.0% because of the economic cost, 0.5% because of smoking bans, and 4.6% because of other reasons. Statistically significant differences in the motivation to quit smoking have been found according to sex, age, social class, and smoking history. The majority of ex-smokers quit because of tobacco-related health conditions. Only a minority of ex-smokers quit to avoid future illness. Physicians should be encouraged to assist smokers to quit. The current prices of cigarettes in Italy are not sufficiently high to discourage people from continuing smoking.

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“…Six prospective studies were identified which assessed whether specific reasons for wanting to quit predict success at quitting (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). One of these studies (16) observed that giving pregnancy as a reason was associated with a significantly increased likelihood of quitting; the other studies found no association with quit success. Prospective studies have the advantage over retrospective studies that there is less risk of biased recall.…”

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confidence: 99%