Predictors of Smoking Cessation Attempt and Continued Abstinence among Low-Income Disabled Smokers: Evidence from the French National Smoking Cessation Cohort CDT-Net.

: In France, daily smoking has been highly prevalent among low-income smokers.: Our aim was to search for factors associated with both continued abstinence and attempting to quit among low-income disabled smokers. : From the French national smoking cessation cohort CDT-net, we included 1624 adults living with disability pension or disabled adult allowance.

French smoking cessation services provide effective support even to the more dependent.

Objective: France is one the few European countries offering a national quit line along with partially cost-covered nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cessation services. This study assesses outcomes and predictors of continued abstinence in French smoking cessation services.

Method: The French national smoking cessation registry (CDTnet) included 23,810 adult smokers followed-up between 2011 and 2013.

Gradual versus abrupt quitting among French treatment-seeking smokers.

Objective: This study examined the prevalence and predictors of gradual quitting among treatment-seeking smokers.

Method: This study examined quit attempts among 28,156 adult smokers who attended French smoking cessation services nationwide between 2007 and 2010. Predictors of gradual quitting were determined using multivariate regression models.

Perceived risks to smoking cessation among treatment-seeking French light smokers.

Objective: This study investigated perceived risks to cessation expressed by light smokers and the association with cessation outcomes at one month post-quit date.

Method: Data from adult light smokers attending French smoking cessation services nationwide between October 2007 and December 2010 were analyzed, retrospectively. In order to identify perceived risks, we performed a thematic analysis of answers to an open-ended question.

[Policy and routine practice for smoking cessation in France].

In France, daily tobacco consumption increased among adults between 18 and 75 years between 2005 and 2010, particularly women. At 17 age-old, it raised 10% between 2008 and 2011 (32.7% in boys and 30.

Smoking cessation interventions offered to French adult light smokers: a heterogeneous population with specific needs.

Aims: We addressed the understudied topic of cessation interventions for adult light smokers (< or =10 cigarettes daily). We identified cessation aids offered in French cessation services and their impact on cessation outcomes at 1-month follow-up.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 36,594 smokers in cessation services nationwide.

Attitude towards cessation among French pregnant smokers: explaining the poor uptake of specialised support.

Objectives: This study investigated pregnant smokers' profile and attitude towards cessation to explain who stops smoking during pregnancy and who is unsuccessful.

Study Design: 682 pregnant smokers aged less than 50 had visited cessation services between 2004 and 2006. Pregnant smokers' profile was described using: socio-demographic details, psychological and medical history, characteristics of tobacco consumption and details of cessation interventions.

Intrapatient variability of migraine attacks: stability analysis of the MIGSEV scale.

Background: Various tools now exist to define migraine and its impact on everyday life. Those are scales that help diagnosing the disease and managing treatment. However, there is no such emphasis on defining individual migraine attacks and their variability.