title: Gender differences in success at quitting smoking: Short- and long-term outcomes.
abstract: Smoking cessation treatments are effective in men and women. However, possible sex-related differences in the outcome of these treatments remain a controversial topic. This study evaluated whether there were differences between men and women in the success of smoking cessation treatment, including gender-tailored components, in the short and long term (&gt; 1 year). A telephone survey was carried out between September 2008 and June 2009 in smokers attended in a Smoking Cessation Clinic. All patients who have successfully completed treatment (3 months) were surveyed by telephone to determine their long-term abstinence. Those who remained abstinent were requested to attend the Smoking Cessation Clinic for biochemical validation (expired CO ≤10 ppm). The probability of remaining abstinent in the long-term was calculated using a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. The treatment success rate at 3-months was 41.3% (538/1302) with no differences by sex 89% (479/538) among those located in the telephonic follow-up study and 47.6% (256/479) were abstinent without differences by sex (p = .519); abstinence was validated with CO less than 10 ppm in 191 of the 256 (53.9% men and 46.1% women). In the survival analysis, the probability of men and women remaining abstinent in the long-term was not significant. There are no differences by sex in the outcome of smoking cessation treatment that included gender-tailored components in the short and long term (&gt; 1 year).
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Tabaquismo. Universidad de Zaragoza. amarqueta@cop.es.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marqueta
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nerín
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gargallo
authors.forename: Asunción
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beamonte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome