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. 2008 Dec 10;35(9):466–471. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1157/13075481

Edad de inicio en el consumo del tabaco como predictor de la deshabituación tabáquica

Age of smoking initiation as predictor in smoking cessation

G Flores Mateo 1,⁎, S Morchón Ramos 1, C Masuet Aumatell 1, P Carrillo Santisteve 1, P Manchón Walsh 1, JM Ramon Torrell 1
PMCID: PMC7669184  PMID: 15919020

Abstract

Objective

To determinate the relationship between the age of smoking initiation and the success of the smoking cessation program.

Design

Prospective cohort.

Setting

Smoking Cessation Unit, in the University Hospital of Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

Participants

2801 smokers of 10 or more cigarette per day, who started a smoking cessation program between January 1993 to December 2002.

Methods

Kaplan-Meier method was used to obtain the probability of relapse. The log-rank test was used to determine relapse differences in time between groups of age at smoking initiation. Hazard ratios (HR) of quitting were estimated with a Cox model.

Results

The mean age at smoking onset was 15.5±4.1 years for men and 17.7±5.4 years for women. The age of onset smoking was significant for relapse during smoking cessation in men with a HR=1.42 (95% CI, 1.09-1.86), and for women who started to smoke before 14 years old compared with the reference group a HR=1.25 (95% CI, 0.76-1.49).

Conclusions

This study shows that age of smoking onset predicts higher rates of relapse in a smoking cessation program in men. The low motivation for cessation was in both sex a significative factor for relapse and the low and high nicotine dependence were in women.

Key words: Smoking, Adolescent, Smoking cessation

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