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Gender differences in medication use and cigarette smoking cessation: results from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey
Nicotine & tobacco research, v 17(4), pp 463-472
01 Apr 2015
PMID: 25762757
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Abstract
There is conflicting evidence for gender differences in smoking cessation, and there has been little research on gender differences in smoking cessation medication (SCM) use and effectiveness. Using longitudinal data from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Surveys (ITC-4) conducted in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Australia, we examined gender differences in the incidence of quit attempts, reasons for quitting, use of SCMs, reasons for discontinuing use of SCMs, and rates of smoking cessation.
Data were analyzed from adult smokers participating in the ITC-4, annual waves 2006-2011 (n = 7,825), as well as a subsample of smokers (n = 1,079) who made quit attempts within 2 months of survey. Adjusted modeling utilized generalized estimating equations.
There were no gender differences in the likelihood of desire to quit, plans to quit, or quit attempts between survey waves. Among quit attempters, women had 31% lower odds of successfully quitting (OR = 0.69; 95% CI = 0.51, 0.94). Stratified by medication use, quit success was lower among women who did not use any SCMs (OR = 0.59; 95% CI = 0.39, 0.90), and it was no different from men when medications were used (OR = 0.73; 95% CI = 0.46, 1.16). In particular, self-selected use of nicotine patch and varenicline contributed to successful quitting among women.
Women may have more difficulty quitting than men, and SCMs use may help attenuate this difference.
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- Title
- Gender differences in medication use and cigarette smoking cessation: results from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey
- Creators
- Philip H Smith - Yale UniversityKarin A Kasza - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterAndrew Hyland - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterGeoffrey T Fong - University of WaterlooRon Borland - Cancer Council VictoriaKathleen Brady - Medical University of South CarolinaMatthew J Carpenter - Medical University of South CarolinaKaren Hartwell - Medical University of South CarolinaK Michael Cummings - Medical University of South CarolinaSherry A McKee - Yale University
- Publication Details
- Nicotine & tobacco research, v 17(4), pp 463-472
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Grant note
- R01 CA100362 / NCI NIH HHS 57897 / Canadian Institutes of Health Research UL TR000062 / NCATS NIH HHS P30 CA138313 / NCI NIH HHS P50 DA016511 / NIDA NIH HHS UL1 TR000062 / NCATS NIH HHS P30 CA016056 / NCI NIH HHS K12 DA031050 / NIDA NIH HHS 79551 / Canadian Institutes of Health Research P50 DA033945 / NIDA NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000353903000012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84929159267
- Other Identifier
- 991022031023104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Substance Abuse