Smoking Cessation Behavior Among Intermittent Smokers Versus Daily Smokers

Smoking Patterns and Stimulus Control in Intermittent and Daily Smokers

Intermittent smokers (ITS) - who smoke less than daily - comprise an increasing proportion of adult smokers. Their smoking patterns challenge theoretical models of smoking motivation, which emphasize regular and frequent smoking to maintain nicotine levels and avoid withdrawal, but yet have gone largely unexamined. We characterized smoking patterns among 212 ITS (smoking 4-27 days per month) co...

Effective Smoking Cessation Methods among Smokers with Diabetes in NV

Smoking and diabetes could both be prevented if individuals would abstain from smoking, eat healthy, and exercise regularly. Smokers with diabetes have an increased risk of serious health outcomes, hence effective smoking cessation interventions are critical. The transtheoretical model was used in this quantitative study analyzing secondary data from the state of Nevada Quitline to examine the ...

Smoking cessation among daily smokers, aged 45-69 years: a longitudinal study in Malmö, Sweden.

OBJECTIVE To investigate differences in snuff consumption, socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics between baseline daily smokers who had remained daily smokers, become intermittent smokers or stopped smoking at the 1-year follow-up. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS A population of 12 507 individuals aged 45-69 years, interviewed at baseline in 1992-94 and at a 1-year...

Reduced Smoking and Cessation of Older Smokers

Cardiovascular Risk Behavior among Sedentary Female Smokers and Smoking Cessation Outcomes

BACKGROUND We examined female sedentary smokers' additional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk behaviors and their associations to smoking cessation. METHODS This study was part of a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of exercise and nicotine gum in smoking cessation. Included in the analyses were 148 participants. Dietary habits and alcohol consumption were measured as addi...