TY - JOUR
T1 - Nicotine dependence and lifetime amount of smoking in a population sample
AU - John, Ulrich
AU - Meyer, Christian
AU - Hapke, Ulfert
AU - Rumpf, Hans Jürgen
N1 - Funding Information:
Data described in this paper are part of the project ‘Transitions in Alcohol Consumption and Smoking (TACOS)’, which has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Technology (grant 01 EB 9406). The study is part of the German research network ‘Analytical Epidemiology of Substance Abuse (ANEPSA)’.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/14.2.182
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/14.2.182
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 15230506
AN - SCOPUS:3042551246
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 14
SP - 182
EP - 185
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
IS - 2
ER -
