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At the 12-month follow-up point, Swan says, the type of counseling programs strongly associated with a greater likelihood of smoking.

"Use of the pro-active telephone counseling program appears to have resulted most consistently in a reduced chance of smoking over the course of follow-up," he says.

Several individual factors predicted a greater likelihood of smoking among participants. Smoking risk was higher for women compared to men. Younger people, those who smoked more cigarettes each day and people with depressive symptoms also found it harder to quit. Failure to sustain a prior attempt to quit for more than six months increased the odds of smoking at one year.

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Contact: Gary E. Swan
gary.swan@sri.com
650-859-5322
Center for the Advancement of Health
14-Jan-2004