Journal article
Smokers' use of nicotine replacement therapy for reasons other than stopping smoking: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey
David Hammond, Jessica L Reid, Pete Driezen, K Michael Cummings, Ron Borland, Geoffrey T Fong, Ann McNeill
Addiction | WILEY | Published : 2008
Abstract
AIMS: To measure the prevalence and correlates of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use for reasons other than quitting smoking among smokers in four countries. DESIGN AND SETTING: Population-based, cross-sectional telephone survey with nationally representative samples of adult smokers in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, conducted in 2005. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 6532 adult daily smokers in Canada (n = 1660), the United States (n = 1664), the United Kingdom (n = 1617) and Australia (n = 1591). MEASUREMENTS: Survey questions included demographics, smoking behaviour, use of NRT and reasons for NRT use, as well as access and availability of NRT. FINDINGS: Approxim..
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Grants
Awarded by National Cancer Institute of the United States
Awarded by Roswell Park Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center
Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Awarded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Awarded by Cancer Research UK
Awarded by Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative
Awarded by Economic and Social Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the United States ( through R01 CA 100362 and through the Roswell Park Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, P50 CA111236), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( 045734), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ( 57897), the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia ( 265903), Cancer Research UK (C312/A3726) and the Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative ( 014578), with additional support from the Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation, National Cancer Institute of Canada/Canadian Cancer Society.