Gender differences in quit rates following smoking cessation with combination nicotine therapy: Influence of baseline smoking behavior

Bohadana, Abraham; Nilsson, Fredrik; Rasmussen, Thomas; Martinet, Yves

doi:10.1080/1462220021000060482

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“…FTND is a measure of nicotine dependence that is subjective in nature. In some studies it is indicated that men tend to be more dependent than women, and in some others no difference was reported (Berlin et al, 2003;Bohadana et al, 2003;Targowski, et al, 2004;Gallus et al, 2005;John et al 2005). In this study there was inter-gender difference in terms of mean FTND scores, i.e.…”

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Trends in Smoking among University Students between 2005-2012 in Sakarya, Turkey

Alvur¹,

Çınar²,

Öncel³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Turkey protects its entire population of 75 million people with all the MPOWER measures at the highest level. The aim of this study is to make a comparison of smoking and addiction data obtained from Sakarya University students in 2005-6 and 2012-13. A total of 4,200 (2,500 and 1,700 for each academic year) students at Sakarya University in Sakarya, Turkey, were randomly selected for sampling purposes. The selected participants represented Sakarya University students. Data were collected using a pretested anonymous and confidential, self-completed questionnaire which took 15-20 minutes to complete and Fagerstrom Test for nicotine dependence. Chi-squared, Spearman correlation, and binary logistic regression tests were used to define associations, if any. The level of significance was kept at alpha=0.05. Smoking prevalance dropped by 8.5% (from 26.9% to 18.5%). Male gender, older age, high family smoking index, low self-rated school success, and high peer smoker proportion were common variables that have correlation with smoking status. In the binary logistic regression test the highest contributor to "being a smoker" was found to be the rate of peer smokers. Having all friends smoking puts the student a a 47.5 and 58.0 times higher risk for smoking for males and females, respectively. Our results suggest an admirable diminution of smoking prevalance among Sakarya University students, which can be attributed to MPOWER protection.

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Trends in Smoking among University Students between 2005-2012 in Sakarya, Turkey

Alvur¹,

Çınar²,

Öncel³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Data about this issue are mixed, with some studies supporting a gender difference in cessation success [19][20][21][22][23] and others not supporting this finding. [24][25][26] Furthermore, the presence of hardcore smokers, those most likely to have substantial difficulty quitting, may have far-reaching impact on how to best allocate cessation resources.…”

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Gender Differences among Hardcore Smokers: An Analysis of the Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey

Augustson

Barzani

Rutten

et al. 2008

Journal of Women's Health

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Background: Despite significant declines in smoking rates in the United States, a substantial percentage of adults continue to smoke. Improved understanding of current smokers and their contact with sources of cessation support future tobacco control efforts. Recent evidence suggests that hardcore smokers, established smokers without a history of quit attempts, have less contact with cessation support. Although gender is among the major factors that influence smoking cessation, no research is available on gender differences among hardcore smokers. Methods: Demographic, environmental, and smoking-related characteristics of female hardcore smokers and male hardcore smokers and other female smokers were examined. Data from 17,777smokers from the 2003 Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement were analyzed. Results: Compared with female hardcore smokers, male hardcore smokers were more likely to have contact with smoking restrictions at work (OR ϭ 1.69) and at home (OR ϭ 1.45). Compared with female hardcore smokers, female other smokers were more likely to have seen a healthcare provider during the past year who advised them to quit smoking (OR ϭ 1.39) and more likely to have smoking restrictions at work (OR ϭ 1.25) and at home (OR ϭ 2.32)). Measures of nicotine dependence suggested that female hardcore smokers were less dependent than male hardcore smokers but more dependent than other female smokers. Conclusions: The sociodemographic and healthcare access variations in tobacco use identified in our analyses have significant public health implications and underscore the vital need for clinical and scientific advances in tobacco use prevention and control efforts.

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“…27 Rodent studies have also shown that the OPRM1 G allele may play a role in susceptibility to addiction to alcohol, nicotine, heroin and cocaine. [28][29][30][31][32] There is considerable evidence for sex differences in smoking cessation, 33 with men demonstrating higher levels of successful cessation than women, although the evidence that men and women derive differential benefit from NRT remains equivocal. 34 It has been argued that these differences may in part be owing to sex differences in the reinforcing effects of nicotine, 35 and it is notable that there is growing evidence for sex differences in the activity of the opioid pathway.…”

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Association of the mu-opioid receptor gene with smoking cessation

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We investigated the association of the OPRM1 genotype with long-term smoking cessation and change in body mass index (BMI) following a smoking cessation attempt among smokers who attempted to quit using the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) patch or placebo in a randomized controlled trial, and were followed-up over an 8-year period following their initial cessation attempt. We also investigated possible sex differences in these relationships, given evidence for sex differences in smoking cessation and central opioid mechanisms, as well as some evidence for sex differences in response to NRT. Our results indicate that OPRM1 genotype may moderate the effect of transdermal nicotine patch compared to placebo during active treatment, with a benefit of active NRT treatment evident in the OPRM1 AA genotype group only and those carrying one or more copies of the G allele demonstrating no benefit of active NRT versus placebo patch. Our results also indicate a sex difference in change in BMI at 8-year follow-up following a smoking cessation attempt, with ex-smokers demonstrating an increase in BMI, and this increase being greater in female subjects than in male subjects. We did not observe any association of OPRM1 genotype with change in BMI, although there was a trend for genotype to influence the observed sex difference in change in BMI over time. Future studies should attempt to replicate these findings, and investigate the relationship between both short-and long-term weight gain and smoking cessation and investigate possible mechanisms that may underlie these processes. Future studies should also investigate the role of OPRM1 genotype and smoking cessation on other appetitive and reward behaviours such as alcohol consumption.

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Gender differences in quit rates following smoking cessation with combination nicotine therapy: Influence of baseline smoking behavior

Cited by 160 publications

References 20 publications

Trends in Smoking among University Students between 2005-2012 in Sakarya, Turkey

Trends in Smoking among University Students between 2005-2012 in Sakarya, Turkey

Gender Differences among Hardcore Smokers: An Analysis of the Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey

Association of the mu-opioid receptor gene with smoking cessation

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