ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2018
Long-term smoking cessation rates in elderly versus other adult smokers: A 3-year follow-up study in Taiwan.
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- The Impact of Older Age on Smoking Cessation Outcomes After Standard Advice to Quit.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Trial
- Long-term telephone follow-up of older adults attending a smoking cessation clinic in Türkiye: a retrospective cohort study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Assessment of smoking cessation outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease: A retrospective cohort study from Türkiye.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- The trajectory of smoking cessation after treatment and its related factors in Taiwan.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Predictors of Cessation Outcomes Among Older Adult Smokers Enrolled in a Proactive Tobacco Quitline Intervention.Journal of aging and health · 2022Article
- Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Editor's Spotlight/Take 5: Eligibility Criteria for Lower-Extremity Joint Replacement May Worsen Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionSmoking cessation improves life expectancy at any age. There is some evidence that elderly smokers have at least as good a chance of successfully stopping as other smokers but direct comparisons with long-term follow up are rare. This study aimed to compare success rates up to 3 years in smokers aged 65+ versus other adult smokers with and without adjustment for a range of other smoker characteristics.
methodsThis was a prospective study of 1065 smokers who attended a stop-smoking clinic in Taiwan. Participants (896 < 65 years, 169 65+ years) were followed up by telephone 3, 6, 12 and 36 months after the initial quit date. Prolonged abstinence (abstinent at all follow-ups) and point prevalence abstinence (7 days prior to final follow up) were compared between 'elderly' participants aged 65+ years versus 'non-elderly' participants aged <65 years with and without adjustment for a range of baseline smoker characteristics (sex, educational level, previous quit attempts, cigarette dependence score). Non-responders were considered to be smoking.
resultsProlonged 36-month abstinence rates were 20.1% (N = 34) and 15.3% (N = 137) in the elderly and non-elderly participants respectively (p = 0.137). Point prevalence 36-month abstinence rates were 37.3% (N = 63) and 26.5% (N = 237) in the elderly and non-elderly participants respectively (p = 0.005). The odds ratios comparing elderly versus non-elderly abstinence rates after adjustment for baseline variables were 1.17 (95%CI = 0.75-1.83) and 1.52 (95%CI = 1.05-2.20) for prolonged abstinence and point prevalence abstinence respectively.
conclusionsElderly smokers attending smoker clinics in Taiwan appear to be at least as likely to achieve long-term abstinence as other adult smokers.
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