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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 91 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Addiction 70 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Stress 45 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 32 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Boredom 15 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Don't know 11 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 236 patients currently using Cigarettes

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 12
Mild
 7
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cigarettes

Cough 16
Shortness of breath (dyspnea) 7
Anxious mood 6
Asthma 6
Headaches 6
Future risk of lung cancer 6
See all 12 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Cigarettes (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 12   Other: 41%
Expense 9   Expense: 31%
Side effects too severe 8   Side effects too severe: 28%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 24%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 14%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 10%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 27 patients who’ve stopped using Cigarettes

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Cigarettes

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

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cigarettes

Always
 14 45%
Usually
 6 19%
Sometimes
 2 6%
Never
 9 29%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cigarettes

Very
 12 39%
Somewhat
 6 19%
A little
 3 10%
Not at all
 10 32%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cigarettes

$200+
 4 18%
$100-199
 5 23%
$50-99
 6 27%
$25-49
 3 14%
< $25
 3 14%

Report created on May 27, 2012.