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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Psychiatry. 2014 Mar 14;30(1):137–144. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2013.12.003

TABLE 5.

Smoking behaviors in smokers with OCD (n=15)

Variable Mean (SD) Median Range
    Number of years smoking 12.2 (9.1) 11.5 1-30
    Average daily number of cigarettes 12.5 (8.4) 10.0 2-30
    Heavy smokers % (N) 6.7% (1)
    FTND total score 3.3 (2.3) 4.0 0-7
    Made at least one serious quitting attempt % (N) 73.3 (11)
    Number of serious quitting attempts 5.2 (3.12) 4.0 1-10
    At least one smoker in family of origin % (N) 80.0% (12)
Primary reason for attempts at quitting (n = 11)
    Health % (N) 81.8% (8)
    Pregnancy % (N) 18.2 [66]
Secondary reason for attempts at quitting (n = 10)
    Expensive % (N) 20.0% [66]
    Smells bad % (N) 30.0% (3)
    Sense of control/discontinue a bad habit % (N) 20.0% [66]
    Family/social pressure % (N) 20.0% [66]
    Cancer in family % (N) 10.0% (1)

OCD = Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; FTND = Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence