Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Non-daily or intermittent smoking is becoming common, but little is known about smoking patterns of intermittent smokers (ITS). This study assesses differences in the profile of smoking motives of non-daily, ITS and daily smokers (DS). METHODS: Participants were 218 DS and 252 ITS (152 converted ITS [CITS], who previously smoked daily, and 80 native ITS [NITS] who did not), not currently quitting, recruited by advertisement. ITS were defined as smoking 4-27 days per month; DS as smoking daily, 5-30 cigarettes per day. Participants completed the Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM), yielding scores for 13 different motives. The within-profile standard deviation expressed profile scatter (differentiation among motives), and profile shape was assessed on scores standardized for within-profile mean and standard deviation. RESULTS: There was no difference between ITS and DS on profile scatter. ITS and DS differed in the shape of the standardized score profile, with DS scoring higher on Tolerance, Craving, Automaticity, Loss of Control and Behavioral Choice motives, and ITS scoring higher on Cue Exposure, Weight Control, and Positive Reinforcement motives. CITS did not differ from NITS in profile scatter or profile shape. CONCLUSION: ITS differ from DS in the relative importance of motives, with ITS emphasizing motives associated with acute, situational smoking, and DS emphasizing dependence-related motives. Among ITS, history of daily smoking did not influence the profile of motives.
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Authors: Saul Shiffman, Michael S. Dunbar, Sarah M. Scholl, Hilary A. Tindle
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,380
Awards: Education Program in Cancer Prevention, G4396289883, Understanding Emerging Patterns of Non-Daily Smoking: Field and Lab Assessments, University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute, G6121883392, Connect to Quit: Coordinated Care for Smoking Cessation among Low Income Veterans, University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institution, University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institution
OpenAlex ID: W1969285110