ArticleSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2015
Do cravings predict smoking cessation in smokers calling a national quit line: secondary analyses from a randomised trial for the utility of 'urges to smoke' measures.
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- Smoking and quitting characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age: findings from the Which Way? study.The Medical journal of Australia · 2022Article
- Using Virtual Reality to Induce and Assess Objective Correlates of Nicotine Craving: Paradigm Development Study.JMIR serious games · 2022Article
- Examining the effect of exercise on the relationship between affect and cravings among smokers engaged in cessation treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
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- Self-esteem and consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and other substances in outsourced workers.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2019Article
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- Challenges in Indian Women’s Readiness to Quit Smokeless Tobacco UseAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2018Article
- Effects of Negative Affect, Urge to Smoke, and Working Memory Performance (n-back) on Nicotine Dependence.Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Ecological momentary assessment of smoking behaviors in native and converted intermittent smokers.The American journal on addictions · 2018Article
- Elevated Nicotine Dependence Scores among Electronic Cigarette Users at an Electronic Cigarette Convention.Journal of community health · 2018Article
- Immediate and Sustained Decrease in Smoking Urges After Acute Insular Cortex Damage.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Observational
- Which measures of cigarette dependence are predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy? Analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundSingle-item urges to smoke measures have been contemplated as important measures of nicotine dependence This study aimed to prospectively determine the relationships between measures of craving to smoke and smoking cessation, and compare their ability to predict cessation with the Heaviness of Smoking Index, an established measure of nicotine dependence.
methodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of data from the randomised controlled PORTSSS trial. Measures of nicotine dependence, ascertained before making a quit attempt, were the HSI, frequency of urges to smoke (FUTS) and strength of urges to smoke (SUTS). Self-reported abstinence at six months after quitting was the primary outcome measure. Multivariate logistic regression and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis were used to assess associations and abilities of the nicotine dependence measures to predict smoking cessation.
resultsOf 2,535 participants, 53.5% were female; the median (Interquartile range) age was 38 (28-50) years. Both FUTS and HSI were inversely associated with abstinence six months after quitting; for each point increase in HSI score, participants were 16% less likely to have stopped smoking (OR 0.84, 95% C.I 0.78-0.89, p < 0.0001). Compared to participants with the lowest possible FUTS scores, those with greater scores had generally lower odds of cessation (p across frequency of urges categories=0.0026). SUTS was not associated with smoking cessation. ROC analysis suggested the HSI and FUTS had similar predictive validity for cessation.
conclusionsHigher FUTS and HSI scores were inversely associated with successful smoking cessation six months after quit attempts began and both had similar validity for predicting cessation.
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