Open AccessVery Light Daily Smoking in Young Adults: Relationships Between Nicotine Dependence and Lapse
Author(s) -
Melinda L. Ashe,
Stephen J. Wilson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntaa169
Subject(s) - nicotine , abstinence , nicotine dependence , demography , smoking cessation , population , psychology , checklist , young adult , proportional hazards model , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , developmental psychology , pathology , sociology , cognitive psychology
Very light daily smoking is increasingly common among young adults. Evidence suggests that levels of nicotine dependence vary significantly among young adults who engage in very light daily smoking. However, the links between dependence and clinically relevant outcomes (eg, lapse) in this population remain unclear. The goal of this study was to address this gap by evaluating how well different nicotine dependence scales predict lapse behavior among very light daily smoking young adults.