• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.33-45
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was done to identify attitudes to smoking, beliefs about smoking and factors influencing nicotine dependence in woman smokers. Methods: Data was collected from 131 women smokers, who visited a public health center between January and July. 2012. Collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 program. Results: Mean score for attitude to smoking was $23.7{\pm}3.2$, beliefs about smoking, $18.6{\pm}2.9$, and nicotine dependence, $4.3{\pm}2.1$. Attitude to smoking of the woman smokers was significantly different according to marital status, beliefs about smoking were significantly different according to marital status and being employed. Nicotine dependence was significantly different according to frequency of alcohol consumption, stress, number of cigarettes smoked. There was a correlation between attitude to smoking and beliefs about smoking. Age when starting to smoke, number of cigarettes, and length of time one has smoked accounted for 31.0% of nicotine dependence. Conclusion: The results indicate that increasing knowledge and improving attitudes toward smoking as well as training on stress management and exercise are needed. Also, a distinct mediation should be developed for women smokers. Especially, in-depth research is needed to identify psycho-social behavior-related variables for the health promotion of young women smokers.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2014

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of nicotine dependence and mental health. Methods: The subjects of this study were 153 male smokers in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s who visited Wonmi Public Health Center. They were evaluated with Fagerstorm's test for nicotine dependence (FTND) and Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R). Using the FTND score, the participants were divided into three groups; mild nicotine dependent group, moderate group and severe group. Results: In the SCL-90-R score, there were statistically significant differences in the characteristics of Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, Global Severity Index (GSI) and Positive Symptom Test (PST) among the three groups. Comparing the values of FTND and the amounts of Daily Smoking to the values of Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression and GSI in this study resulted in positive correlations, thereby demonstrating a statistical significance. Conclusions: The above results suggest that there are significant relations between nicotine dependence and the level of mental health. These results can be used for planning the smoking cessation program and mental health promoting program based on Korean traditional medicine.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.737-745
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate the level of smoking, process of smoking cessation, and nicotine dependency, and urine nicotine among adults with diabetes which are smokers and to examine the relationship among those variables. Method: The subjects consisted of 62 adult men smokers with diabetes mellitus. FTQ and NicCheck 1 were used to measure the level of nicotine dependence. The amount of cigarette smoking was measured by the number of cigarette packs use per week. The stage of smoking cessation was measured by the Prochaska's method. Results: The Subjects smoked cigarettes with a mean of 5.97 packages per week. Seventy-seven percent of the subjects had a nicotine dependency. Fifty-two percent had a high level of nicotine dependency in urine nicotine. Nineteen percent were in the precontemplation stage. The level of cigarette consumption was related to nicotine dependence and urine nicotine. Also, nicotine dependency was related to urine nicotine. Conclusion: A tailored smoking cessation program is needed to prevent the chronic complication for diabetes smokers. Self-reported smoking and nicotine dependency seemed to do equally well as NicCheck 1 in assessing nicotine intake.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제62권5호
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• pp.365-373
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• 2007

연구배경: 흡연은 많은 질병과 사망의 가장 중요한 원인이나 니코틴의존성으로 인해 금연이 어렵고 이로 인한 사회적, 의료적 손실이 증가함에도 불구하고 개선되지 못하고 있다. 이러한 니코틴의존성 중 물리적의존성과 독립적으로 관여할 것으로 생각되는 사회, 문화적 니코틴의존성을 알아보고자 연구하였다. 방 법: 2006년 5월부터 8월까지 일개 대학병원 직원과 일개 의과대학생, 일반 대학생 및 건강 검진자들을 대상으로 KTSND-K 설문지를 이용하여 흡연에 관한 의식 조사를 시행하였다. 결 과: 총 741명 중 평균 연령은 $31.8{\pm}11.6$세이었고, 남자는 428명(57.8%)이었다. 흡연력은 현재흡연자 102명(13.8%), 과거흡연자 95명(12.8%), 비흡연자 544명(73.4%)이었다. 흡연력에 따른 KTSND-K 총점은 현재흡연자, 과거흡연자, 비흡연자에서 각각 $17.1{\pm}5.4$, $14.3{\pm}5.5$, $12.3{\pm}5.5$로 흡연자일수록 의미 있게 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 성별에 따른 총점의 차이는 남녀 각각 $14.3{\pm}5.7$, $11.7{\pm}5.4$로 남성에서 유의하게 높았다(p<0.001). 그러나 현재흡연자 중 흡연 행태 및 금연의지에 따라 각 군을 나누어 비교하였을 때 각 군간의 KTSND 총점의 차이는 보이지 않았다. 비흡연자 중 62.5%에서 간접 흡연의 피해를 느꼈으며, 간접 흡연을 경험하는 주요 장소는 주점 56.8%, 식당 32.3%, 학교 30.2%, 노래방 22.8%, 길거리 18.6% 등 공공 장소가 많았다. 결 론: KTSND-K 설문지는 한국 흡연자의 니코틴의존성 중 사회적 니코틴의존성을 평가할 수 있는 유용한 방법이 될 수 있다고 생각된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

Smokers keep smoking despite knowing that tobacco claims many lives, including their own and others'. What makes it hard for them to quit smoking nonetheless? Tobacco companies insist that smokers choose to smoke, according to their right to self-determination. Moreover, they insist that with motivation and willpower to quit smoking, smokers can easily stop smoking. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to discuss the addictive disease called tobacco use disorder, with an assessment of the addictiveness of tobacco and the reasons why smoking cessation is challenging, based on neuroscientific research. Nicotine that enters the body via smoking is rapidly transmitted to the central nervous system and causes various effects, including an arousal response. The changes in the nicotine receptors in the brain due to continuous smoking lead to addiction symptoms such as tolerance, craving, and withdrawal. Compared with other addictive substances, including alcohol and opioids, tobacco is more likely to cause dependence in smokers, and smokers are less likely to recover from their dependence. Moreover, the thinning of the cerebral cortex and the decrease in cognitive functions that occur with aging accelerate with smoking. Such changes occur in the structure and functions of the brain in proportion to the amount and period of smoking. In particular, abnormalities in the neural circuits that control cognition and decision-making cause loss of the ability to exert self-control and autonomy. This initiates nicotine dependence and the continuation of addictive behaviors. Therefore, smoking is considered to be a behavior that is repeated due to dependence on an addictive substance, nicotine, instead of one's choice by free will.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.1073-1079
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of a smoking cessation program on the amount of smoking and nicotine dependence and the self-efficacy of smoking cessation for smoking workers. Methods: The total number of subjects was 38 smokers and was divided into two: 16 smokers were placed in the experimental group and 22 in the control group. A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The smoking cessation program consisted of two sessions and was implemented for two hours daily for five days. Data was analyzed by using the SPSS/WIN 11.0 program with $X^2-test$, t-test or Mann-Whitney U and ANCOVA. Results: After the treatment, those belonging to the experimental group showed a significantly decreased amount of smoking, a decreased nicotine dependency and increased self-efficacy compared to the control group. Conclusion: The smoking cessation program was effective for diminishing the amount of smoking, decreasing nicotine dependence and improving self-efficacy. Therefore, this program is recommended as a smoking cessation strategy for adult smokers.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.368-379
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors influencing nicotine dependence among male college students intending to quit smoking on the basis of the PRECEDE model. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of smokers, enrolled at the Smoking Cessation Support Center in W city in Korea was conducted between September 2015 and December 2016. Data was analyzed using the SPSS program for descriptive statistics, bivariate analyses, and hierarchical multiple regression. Results: The mean score of nicotine dependence was determined to be 2.9. Tobacco craving (β =.34, p<.001), social smoking (β =-.23, p=.004), allowance (β =.22, p=.010) and age of smoking initiation (β =-.20, p=.022) were factors that predicted nicotine dependence of male college students. The final model explained 28.3% of the variation in nicotine dependence (adjusted R2=.28), and was significant (F=7.22, p<.001). Conclusions: We determined that to support smoking cessation, it is necessary to develop anti-smoking programs that consider the social and cultural factors of male college students as well as their personal psychological characteristics.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.295-303
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• 2016

본 연구는 흡연중학생의 기본심리욕구 만족, 사회적 지지, 흡연태도가 니코틴의존도에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구대상자는 2015년 9월부터 2015년 11월까지 D시와 K도에 소재한 중학교에 재학중인 남녀 흡연 학생 150명을 할당표집 하였으며, 자료 수집은 자가 보고 설문지법을 사용하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS/WIN 18.0프로그램으로 t-test와 분산분석, 상관분석, 다중회귀분석의 방법을 이용하였다. 연구결과 니코틴의존도는 일반적 특성 중 학년과 첫 흡연시기에 유의미한 차이를 보였으며, 기본심리욕구 만족(r=-.221, P=.008)과 기본심리 욕구 만족의 하위 변수인 유능감(r=-.194, p=.021), 관계성(r=-.219, p=.009)과 부적 상관관계가 있었다. 또한 흡연중학생의 니코틴의존도에 대하여 기본심리욕구 만족(${\beta}=-.221$, p=.008)이 42%의 설명력을 보였다. 결론적으로 본 연구결과 기본심리욕구 만족은 흡연 중학생의 니코틴의존도를 감소시키는 요인으로 확인되었다. 그러므로 흡연중학생의 기본심리욕구 만족을 증가시키기 위한 프로그램 개발이 요구된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제80권3호
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• pp.277-283
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• 2017

Background: Smoking cessation is the most powerful intervention to modify progress of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and nicotine dependence is one of the most important determinants of success or failure in smoking cessation. We evaluated nicotine dependence status and investigated factors associated with moderate to high nicotine dependence in patients with COPD. Methods: We included 53 current smokers with COPD in the Korean Obstructive Lung Disease II cohort enrolled between January 2014 and March 2016. Nicotine dependence was measured by using Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND). Cognitive function was assessed by Korean version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Results: The median FTND score was 3, and 32 patients (60%) had moderate to high nicotine dependence. The median smoking amount was 44 pack-years, which was not related to nicotine dependence. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that high education status (odds ratio, 1.286; 95% confidence interval, 1.036-1.596; p=0.023), age <70 (odds ratio, 6.407; 95% confidence interval, 1.376-29.830; p=0.018), and mild to moderate airflow obstruction (odds ratio, 6.969; 95% confidence interval, 1.388-34.998; p=0.018) were related to moderate to high nicotine dependence. Conclusion: Nicotine dependence does not correlate with smoking amount, but with education level, age, and severity of airflow obstruction. Physicians should provide different strategies of smoking cessation intervention for current smokers with COPD according to their education levels, age, and severity of airflow obstruction.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.579-582
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• 2013

Background: In this study our aim was to determine the rate of smoking in a sample of psychiatric in-patients with diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression and to examine factors related to smoking status and the level of dependence in this population. Materials and Methods: A total of 160 people were included in this descriptive study. 80 were inpatients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression and 80 people without any psychiatric diagnoses were included as a control group. The participants were interviewed face-to face using a semi-structured questionnaire and Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence was used to define smoking habits. Results: The mean age of the participants was $37.24{\pm}12.19$ years ranging from 18 to 81 years, 54.4% of the participants were (n=87) female, and 45.6% cases (n=73) were male. 70% (n=56) of the patients and 55% of the control group were smoking and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.01). Total score of Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in the patient group was statistically significantly higher than in the control group (p<0.01). Conclusions: In our sample, the frequency of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence among psychiatric inpatients was high, posing a high risk for smoking related diseases including cancers; therefore there should be counseling on tobacco control and smoking cessation programming targeting this population.