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. 1987 Mar;77(3):356-7.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.77.3.356.

Factors related to patient smoking status

J K Ockene, D W Hosmer, J W Williams, R J Goldberg, I S Ockene, T J Raia 3rd

Factors related to patient smoking status

J K Ockene et al. Am J Public Health. 1987 Mar.

Abstract

To investigate those factors associated with patients' cigarette smoking status, 455 consecutive patients seen in two specialty clinics and one general medicine clinic at a university medical center were studied. Patient's age, sex, health status, and number of previous cessation attempts discriminated current from ex-smokers. A strong interaction was observed between sex and disease status with females showing a greater impact of smoking-related disease on smoking behavior than males.

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