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ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2013

Time to first cigarette predicts cessation outcomes in adolescent smokers.

Melissa Mercincavage, Steven A Branstetter, Joshua E Muscat, Kimberly A Horn

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Article in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Tobacco cessation interventions for young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  11. Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of FTND and TTFC Phenotypes.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020
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  19. Early-Emerging Nicotine Dependence Has Lasting and Time-Varying Effects on Adolescent Smoking Behavior.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016
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  20. Predictors of the Nicotine Dependence Behavior Time to the First Cigarette in a Multiracial Cohort.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Melissa MercincavageDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA;
Steven A Branstetter
Joshua E Muscat
Kimberly A Horn

Funding

Population Research InstituteR24HD041025 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI HARDY, MELISSA ANN · 2001 to 2016
$9.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD041025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study examined the relationship between the time to the first cigarette (TTFC) of the morning with quit status among adolescent smokers at the completion of a school-based smoking cessation program. Among those who did not quit, the relationship of TTFC with changes in cigarettes/day (CPD) was also examined.

methodsA total of 1,167 adolescent smokers (1,024 nonquitters and 143 quitters) from 4 states participating in efficacy and effectiveness studies of the Not-On-Tobacco (N-O-T) cessation program were assessed prior to entry into the program and again 3 months later at the end of treatment. Linear and logistic regression analyses determined the influence of treatment condition, age, gender, motivation to quit, confidence in quitting ability, baseline CPD, and TTFC on quit status and end-of-treatment CPD.

resultsAdolescents with a TTFC of >30min of waking were twice as likely to quit at end of treatment. Additionally, among those who did not quit at end of treatment (n = 700 for TTFC ≤30min and n = 324 for TTFC for >30min), those with a TTFC within 30min of waking smoked a greater number of CPD. The relationships of TTFC with both of these outcomes remained when controlling for all other predictor variables.

conclusionsIdentifying adolescent smokers who smoke their first cigarette of the day within the first 30min of waking prior to a quit attempt may help to classify those individuals as having a greater risk for cessation failure. Thus, TTFC may be a behavioral indicator of nicotine dependence in adolescents.

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AdolescentDemographyFemaleHumansLinear ModelsLogistic ModelsMaleMotivationRiskSmokingSmoking CessationSmoking PreventionTime FactorsTobacco ProductsTobacco Use DisorderTreatment Outcome

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PMID23811009
PMCPMC4318927

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