Prevalence and determinants of cigarette smoking relapse among US adult smokers: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:This research project aims at estimating the prevalence of cigarette smoking relapse and determining its predictors among adult former smokers in the USA. SETTING:This research analysed secondary data retrieved from the Tobacco Use Supplement-Current Population Survey 2010-2011 cohort in the USA. PARTICIPANTS:Out of 18 499 participants who responded to the survey in 2010 and 2011, the analysis included a total sample size of 3258 ever smokers, who were living in the USA and reported quitting smoking in 2010. The survey's respondents who never smoked or reported current smoking in 2010 were excluded from the study sample. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES:Smoking relapse was defined as picking up smoking in 2011 after reporting smoking abstinence in 2010. The prevalence of r

SUBMITTER: Alboksmaty A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886963 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature