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Nicotine dependence versus smoking prevalence: comparisons among countries and categories of smokers
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OBJECTIVES: To collect available international data on nicotine dependence as defined by the Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence, and to compare levels of dependence among countries and categories of smokers. DATA SOURCES: Published and unpublished studies known to the authors and a search of EMBASE from 1985-1995. STUDY SELECTION: Studies included were those based on a nationally representative sample of a country's population, or a sample of smokers seeking cessation assistance. DATA SYNTHESIS: Smokers who seek help in stopping smoking are much more dependent than the average smoker. Men consistently score higher on dependence than women. Ex-smokers appear to have lower dependence than current smokers. A country with low smoking prevalence, the United States, seems to have smokers with higher dependence scores than countries where smoking is more prevalent (such as Austria and Poland). CONCLUSIONS: Successful tobacco control may result in a higher dependence among the remaining smokers (due to selective quitting by low-dependent smokers). The remaining highly dependent smokers may need more intensive treatment.
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- Authors
- Fagerstrom, K. O., Kunze, M., Schoberberger, R., Breslau, N., Hughes, J. R., Hurt, R. D., Puska, P., Ramstrom, L., & Zatonski, W.
- Venue
- Tobacco Control
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1996-03-01
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 52-56
- ISSN
- 0964-4563 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1987246761
- Cited by
- 311
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 3.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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