ReviewPreventive medicine2016
Sex/gender differences in smoking cessation: A review.
Review in Preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05515354 (Coordinating Smoking Cessation Treatment With Menstrual Cycle Phase to Improve Quit Outcomes), which is not on this map. Cited by 242 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Coordinating Smoking Cessation Treatment With Menstrual Cycle Phase to Improve Quit Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
242 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 444 citations in OpenAlex.
- Post-diagnosis smoking cessation and survival of patients with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Use of Mentholated Cigarettes and Likelihood of Smoking Cessation in the United States: A Meta-Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Pooled it
- Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis in Cannabis Treatment Outcomes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of a one-year smoking cessation intervention for people with severe mental illness: results of the KISMET cluster-randomized controlled trial.Psychological medicine · 2026Trial
- Individualized Treatment Effects of a Digital Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Individuals Looking Online for Help: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Exploring Gender Differences in Receipt of the 5As for Smoking Cessation for Recently Diagnosed Cancer Patients (ECOG-ACRIN EAQ171CD).Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Trial
- Sex differences in the relationship between quit attempt and smoking cessation self-efficacy in adults with depressive symptoms.Addictive behaviors · 2025Trial
- Gender differences in outcomes of early intervention services for first episode psychosis.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Acute exercise-induced changes in motivation and behavioral expectation for quitting smoking as predictors of smoking behavior in women.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Trial
- Facebook Intervention to Connect Alaska Native People With Resources and Support to Quit Smoking: CAN Quit Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Trial
- Cumulative vulnerabilities and smoking abstinence: A test from a randomized clinical trial.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Trial
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- Progesterone Increases Nicotine Withdrawal and Anxiety in Male but Not Female Smokers During Brief Abstinence.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of a Gender-Relevant Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Women in Brazil: Findings from a Group Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2022Trial
- Effect of Extending the Duration of Prequit Treatment With Varenicline on Smoking Abstinence: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Effect of progesterone administration in male and female smokers on nicotine withdrawal and neural response to smoking cues: role of progesterone conversion to allopregnanolone.Biology of sex differences · 2022Trial
- Hispanic/Latinx Ethnic Subgroup Differences in Sociodemographic, Sociocultural, and Smoking Characteristics in a Cessation Trial: An Exploratory Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- A process evaluation of 'We Can Quit': a community-based smoking cessation intervention targeting women from areas of socio-disadvantage in Ireland.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based smartphone application for helping rural populations quit smoking: Results from the iCanQuit randomized trial.Preventive medicine · 2022Trial
182 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Data from treatment studies tends to show women are less likely to quit smoking than men, but these findings have been disputed, typically based on contradictory evidence from epidemiological investigations. The purpose of this review was to shed light on this conflict. We conducted a qualitative review in January 2016 to examine sources of variation in sex/gender differences for smoking cessation. We identified 214 sex/gender difference tests from 190 studies through Medline and studies were categorized into efficacy trials (k=37), effectiveness trials (k=77), prospective observational studies of cessation (k=40; current smokers transitioning to former smokers), prospective observational studies of relapse (k=6; former smokers transitioning to current smokers), cross-sectional investigations of former smoker prevalence (k=32), and community-based interventions (k=4). We also summarized evidence across time periods, countries, outcome assessments, study sample, and treatment. Evidence from efficacy and effectiveness trials, as well as prospective observational studies of relapse, demonstrated that women have more difficulty maintaining long-term abstinence than men. Findings from prospective observational studies and cross-sectional investigations were mixed and demonstrated that bio-psycho-social variation in samples across place and time may determine whether or not women or men are less likely to quit smoking. Based on these findings, we consider whether sex/gender differences in quitting meet criteria for a disparity and outline directions for further research.
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