TY - JOUR
T1 - Nicotine gum use in the first year of the lung health study
AU - Bjornson-Benson, Wendy
AU - Nides, Mitchell
AU - Dolce, Jeffrey
AU - Rand, Cynthia
AU - Lindgren, Paula
AU - O'Hara, Peggy
AU - Buist, A. Sonia
N1 - Funding Information:
*For the Lung Health Study Research Group. as listed in the A~,knon,ledRc~mrnrs, at the end of this article. Supported by Contract NOI-HR-46016 from the Division of Lung Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Heart. Lung and Blood Institute. Requests for reprints should be sent to Wendy Bjornson-Benson. MPH. Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., L334A. Portland, OR 97223.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Of 3,923 special intervention participants in the Lung Health Study who were offered nicotine gum to help them quit smoking, 1,080 (28.9%) were using nicotine gum 12 months after entry into the study. This group is comprised of 33.6% sustained nonsmokers, 54.5% intermittent smokers, and 19.2% continuing smokers. The average use of gum at 12 months is 7.3 pieces per day. At 12 months, men were significantly more likely to be nonsmokers than women, but women were significantly more likely to use gum than men. Among the sustained nonsmokers, continuous gum users reported significantly more mild side effects than those who used gum intermittently, although there were no differences in moderate or severe side effects between the two groups. Overall, the rate of observed side effects was small. Factors associated with nicotine dependence were related to the use and amount of gum use at 12 months.
AB - Of 3,923 special intervention participants in the Lung Health Study who were offered nicotine gum to help them quit smoking, 1,080 (28.9%) were using nicotine gum 12 months after entry into the study. This group is comprised of 33.6% sustained nonsmokers, 54.5% intermittent smokers, and 19.2% continuing smokers. The average use of gum at 12 months is 7.3 pieces per day. At 12 months, men were significantly more likely to be nonsmokers than women, but women were significantly more likely to use gum than men. Among the sustained nonsmokers, continuous gum users reported significantly more mild side effects than those who used gum intermittently, although there were no differences in moderate or severe side effects between the two groups. Overall, the rate of observed side effects was small. Factors associated with nicotine dependence were related to the use and amount of gum use at 12 months.
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U2 - 10.1016/0306-4603(93)90066-I
DO - 10.1016/0306-4603(93)90066-I
M3 - Article
C2 - 8213303
AN - SCOPUS:0027194360
SN - 0306-4603
VL - 18
SP - 491
EP - 502
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
IS - 4
ER -