ArticleAmerican journal of public health2002
Ages at initiation of cigarette smoking and quit attempts among women: a generation effect.
Article in American journal of public health, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Population-based trends in lung cancer incidence in women.Seminars in oncology · 2009Review
- Smoking cessation behavior in older adults by race and gender: the role of health problems and psychological distress.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2009Article
- Educational inequalities in initiation, cessation, and prevalence of smoking among 3 Italian birth cohorts.American journal of public health · 2007Article
- Childhood smoking is an independent risk factor for obstructive airways disease in women.Thorax · 2004Article
- African American women and smoking: starting later.American journal of public health · 2003Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study sought to determine whether the age at initiation of regular cigarette smoking and the likelihood of quitting smoking through age 35 differ among women from younger versus older generations.
methodsAnnual population-based, random surveys (total of 3676 female residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35-74 years) were conducted from 1992 to 1998.
resultsWomen younger than 55 years were more likely to be past or current smokers, began smoking earlier (median age < 20 years), and smoked more cigarettes per day than older women, yet attempted to quit smoking more often before age 35 (log-rank P <.001).
conclusionsYoung female smokers have a higher propensity to quit smoking compared with older women. Encouraging young smokers to quit-in addition to preventing nonsmokers from starting-may be an important facet of reducing cigarette smoking prevalence among adolescents.
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