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Taking Cigarettes
94 Patients currently take Cigarettes
4 Patients stopped taking Cigarettes
Stefannia Flare-up: Moderate Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Stefannia since Jan 01, 1985
heart Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile heart since Jan 13, 1980
Rick N Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Rick N since Nov 27, 1996

What is Cigarettes? A cigarette is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, combined with other additives, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder. Cigarettes contain nicotine, an addictive stimulant which is toxic.

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Reasons Taken

98 patients in the community are taking or have taken Cigarettes.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Anxiety	45	45%
Other	23	23%
Don't know	7	7%
addiction	5	5%
Boredom	3	3%
stress	3	3%
Headaches	1	1%
none	1	1%
disease-related symptoms	1	1%
General health	1	1%

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Cigarettes or how long patients were taking Cigarettes before stopping.

Currently taking Cigarettes

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
5	10	3	4	3	64

Stopped taking Cigarettes

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	0	1	0	3

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cigarettes (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice	2	50%
Did not seem to work	1	25%
Expense	1	25%
Other	1	25%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 8 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	60%	3
Slight	40%	2

Anxiety

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	25%	2
Moderate	25%	2
Mild	25%	2
None	25%	2

Top reported side-effects include: Bowel urgency, Heart racing (tachycardia), coughing

Summary results are based on 8 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 8)

fragiletruth

Depression: 1

Emotional: 1

Compulsion: 0

Anxiety: 1

Mania: 0

Physical: 1

External Stress: Severe

23 F

Function: High

Distress: Low

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by fragiletruth
Aug 18, 2008

EfficacyModerate
Side-effectsModerate

Boredom

Advice/Tips: Very addictive. Hard to stop for oh-so-many reasons. I like being a smoker, but I don't like that it's bad for me. I'm going to try to quit again soon. If you've never smoked, DO NOT START.

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Nyrsaeans

Depression: 2

Emotional: 1

Compulsion: 4

Anxiety: 2

Mania: 2

Physical: 2

External Stress: Overwhelming

31 F

Function: High

Distress: Moderate

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by Nyrsaeans
Oct 24, 2008