title: Favorite cigarette of the day in a random sample of women smokers.
abstract: From a random digit dialing survey of American women, we assessed current smokers (n=371). Respondents were 33.6+/-7.6 years old, 49.6% married, and 87.6% White, with an FTND score of 3.9+/-2.6. When asked "which cigarette of the day would be the most difficult for you to give up?" 30 women gave uncodable responses and 341 women provided answers subsequently coded into 5 categories: FIRST; 43.7%, MEAL; 29.3%, LAST; 13.8%, ROUTINE; 7.3%, and ENHANCE; 5.9%. Response groups differed significantly on age (p<.01), smoking rate (p<.001), time to first cigarette (p<.001), and self-rated health (p<.05). In post hoc analyses, FIRST were older, smoked more cigarettes/day, and smoked sooner after waking than at least one other group. LAST smoked the fewest cigarettes/day, and ENHANCE rated their health significantly better than did all other groups. The FTND is coded as 1 for "first" and 0 for any other response. Examining more closely the richness contained in that "other" category is a novel approach that may prove useful as a phenotyping tool.
authors.affiliation: Nicotine Research Laboratory, University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. amehring@umich.edu
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mehringer
authors.forename: Cynthia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pomerleau
authors.forename: Sandy M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Snedecor
authors.forename: Raphaela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Finkenauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods