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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.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Anxiety 33 1
Other 22 3
Addiction 16 1
Don't know 8 0
Stress 4 0
Stupidity 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 25%
Moderate
2 50%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 25%

Most commonly reported side effects

Future risk of lung cancer
2 50%
Anxiety
1 25%
Shortness of breath
1 25%
Asthma
1 25%
Cough
1 25%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Cigarettes (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
5 45% Doctor's advice: 45%
Expense
4 36% Expense: 36%
Other
4 36% Other: 36%
Did not seem to work
2 18% Did not seem to work: 18%
Personal research
1 9% Personal research: 9%
Side effects too severe
1 9% Side effects too severe: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped using Cigarettes

Currently Using Cigarettes

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
7
4
29

Stopped Using Cigarettes

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
2
0
9

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 50%
Usually
1 25%
Sometimes
1 25%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 50%
Somewhat
1 25%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 25%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 25%
$100-199
1 25%
$50-99
1 25%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 21, 2009.