Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2011

Abstract

This cross-sectional study (N = 4,144) compared three longitudinal dynatypes (Maintainers, Relapsers, and Stable Smokers) of smokers on baseline demographics, stage, addiction severity, and transtheoretical model effort effect variables. There were significant small-to-medium-sized differences between the Stable Smokers and the other two groups on stage, severity, and effort effect variables in both treatment and control groups. There were few significant, very small differences on baseline effort variables between Maintainers and Relapsers in the control, but not the treatment group. The ability to identify Stable Smokers at baseline could permit enhanced tailored treatments that could improve population cessation rates.

Comment

Colleen A. Redding, Andrea Paiva and Xiaowu Sun are from the Cancer Prevention Research Center.

James O. Prochaska, Joseph S. Rossi, Wayne F. Velicer and Mark Robbins are from the Department of Psychology.

Bryan J. Blissmer is from the Department of Kinesiology.

Geoffrey W. Greene is from the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences.

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