Key Factors in Smoking Cessation Intervention Among 15–16-Year-Olds

Abstract

The authors aimed to investigate factors associated with smoking cessation among adolescents after tobacco intervention. They examined smokers (n = 127) from one birth cohort (n = 545) in the city of Kotka in Finland. These smokers were randomized in 3 intervention groups the dentist (n = 44) and the school nurse (n = 42 groups), and a control group (n = 39). After 2 months, the authors sent a follow-up questionnaire to the initial smokers to find out who had quit.The authors found that those whose best friend was a nonsmoker were more likely to stop smoking (relative risk RR 7.0 95% Cl 4.6-10.7). Moreover, the nicotine-dependent participants (measured according to the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence(36)) were less likely to stop (RR 0.1 95% Cl 0.08-0.11) compared to non-nicotine dependent participants. Last, of the diurnal types, the morning types found it easier to quit smoking than the evening types (RR 2.2 95% Cl 1.4-3.6). Thus, the authors concluded that the best friend''s influence, nicotine dependence, and diurnal type could be taken more into account in individual counseling on smoking cessation.

Smoking, Screen-Based Sedentary Behavior, and Diet Associated with Habitual Sleep Duration and Chronotype: Data from the UK Biobank

“…Nicotine administration has been shown to ameliorate these negative affective states [62, 63]; thus, it could be argued that affect and mood regulation is promoted by continued tobacco use in late chronotypes. Relatedly, increases in affective states such as anger [64] and impulsivity [65] following smoking cessation predict relapse while cessation has been reported by early chronotypes as “easier” [66]. Promoting adequate sleep and earlier sleep preference and timing may be a viable smoking cessation intervention component.…”

Morningness-Eveningness Personality and Creative Thinking Among Young People Who Play Recreational Sport

“…Adolescent boys were found to be more morningnessoriented than girls in a study by Heikkinen, Broms, Pitkäniemi, Koskenvuo, and Meurman (2009), while Japanese office workers aged between 20 and 50 who were studied by Ishihara, Miyake, Miyasita, and Miyata (1992), were found to have an intermediate disposition, and Díaz-Morales and Sanchez-Lopez (2004) recorded that people over the age of 50 in their study tended toward morningness.…”

Diurnal Evening Type is Associated with Current Smoking, Nicotine Dependence and Nicotine Intake in the Population Based National FINRISK 2007 Study

“…Earlier studies, mostly with relatively small sample sizes, have demonstrated an association between diurnal type and smoking, such as among university students in Japan [3], 14 to 94 year olds in Germany and Austria [4], Hungarian adolescents [5], as well as Finnish adolescents [6] and adults [7]. These are in line with our recent study of Finnish twins [7] indicating that by using a single question on diurnal type, the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) [8] and DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) diagnosis of nicotine dependence (ND) [9] the evening type was strongly associated with not only being a smoker but also with ND.…”