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The European Journal of Public Health 2001 11(4):450-452; doi:10.1093/eurpub/11.4.450
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The association between degree of nicotine dependence and other health behaviours

Findings from a German general population study

ANJA SCHUMANN1,, ULFERT HAPKE1, HANS-JURGEN RUMPF2, CHRISTIAN MEYER1 and ULRICH JOHN1

1 University of Greifswald, Medical Faculty, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine Greifswald, Germany
2 Medical University of Lubeck, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Lubeck, Germany

Anja Schumann, Dipl.-Psych., Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany, tel. +49 3834 867720, fax +49 3834 867701, e-mail: schumann{at}mail.uni-greifswald.de

Background: To investigate the association between degree of nicotine dependence and unhealthy nutrition, lack of physical activity, and hazardous alcohol drinking. Methods: Data with respect to cigarette and alcohol consumption, nutrition, and physical activity was collected in a representative general population sample (N=4, 075). Results: Smokers with high compared to moderate and low degrees of nicotine dependence consume unhealthy foods more frequently, report less physical activity and more hazardous alcohol drinking. Conclusion: From a public health point of view, special secondary preventive interventions for smokers with high nicotine dependence and additional unhealthy behaviours are necessary.

Keywords: degree of nicotine dependence, health behaviours, smoking


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