The Natural Course of Cigarette Smoking among Adolescent Daily Smokers in France and Quebec.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the natural course of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence (ND) over 1-year in daily smokers ages 15 to 17 living in different social contexts.

Method

Cigarette smoking and ND indicators were measured at baseline and 3- and 12-months thereafter among 95 daily smokers with a total of 123 observations from the Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) Study in Quebec, Canada, and in 111 daily smokers from the TABagisme chez les ADOlescents (TABADO) Study in Lorraine, France.

Results

NDIT and TABADO participants initiated smoking a mean (SD) of 3.9 (1.6) and 3.7 (2.0) years prior to baseline, respectively. Despite baseline differences in age, sex, age at initiation, number of cigarettes smoked per day and social context, 85% of participants in both s

SUBMITTER: Minary L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446263 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature