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Light cigarette smoking and all-cause mortality in Spain. A national population-based cohort study
2023, Annals of EpidemiologyCitation Excerpt :Finally, model 4 tried to assess whether the group of smokers trying to quit smoking may impact the association of interest. These individuals are likely to have decreased consumption which would place them in the light smoking categories [15]. Our results show that this group mainly impacts the mortality risk of smokers of 1–2 cigarettes/day with an HR going from 2.23 to 1.48, a risk magnitude very likely to approach that of lifetime low cigarette smoking.
Disparities in knowledge and use of tobacco treatment among smokers in California following healthcare reform
2019, Preventive Medicine ReportsIndividual differences in responding to bupropion or varenicline in a preclinical model of nicotine self-administration vary according to individual demand for nicotine
2019, NeuropharmacologyCitation Excerpt :Like heavy smokers, light smokers have difficulties to quit smoking and have worse health outcomes than non-smokers (DHHS, 1998). As much as 50% of all smokers can be categorized as light smokers (Kandel and Chen, 2000; Owen et al., 1995; Russell, 1990). Light smokers are often excluded from cessation intervention studies due to perceived low health risk associated with light smoking and methodological strategies to focus only on heavy smokers.
Assessing 30-day quantity-frequency of U.S. adolescent cigarette smoking as a predictor of adult smoking 14 years later
2016, Drug and Alcohol DependenceCitation Excerpt :Although there are likely health risks associated with lower levels of smoking, the greatest increases in mortality are observed among daily cigarette smokers and among those smoking more than one pack per day (Bjartveit and Tverdal, 2005; Teo et al., 2006). Smokers consuming low numbers of cigarettes are not well defined; they have been referred to as “chippers”, “low-rate”, “occasional”, “intermittent”, “light”, and “non-daily smokers” (Hennrikus et al., 1996; Husten et al., 1998; Owen et al., 1995; Shiffman, 1989; Wortley et al., 2003). National surveys define “non-daily” smoking in a variety of ways; smoking weekly or less than weekly [but not daily], having smoked at least 100 cigarettes and currently smoking on some days (CCD, 1994, 2011).