Table 4. Indicators of Nicotine Dependence by Country Predicting mFTQ Scores.
Predictors | Thailand | Spain | USA | Russia |
---|---|---|---|---|
Salivary Cotinine (ng/mL) | 0.33*** | 0.40*** | - | - |
Age of smoking initiation | - | -0.16† | -0.18*** | - |
Frequency of alcohol use last month | 0.21* | - | 0.05 | 0.50** |
Frequency of marijuana use last month | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.16** | 0.26*** |
Number of cigarettes smoked yesterday | 0.42*** | 0.50*** | 0.22** | 0.49*** |
Note. Numbers indicate standardized β values from multiple regression models, controlling for age and gender.
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