Favorite cigarette of the day in a random sample of women smokers

Abstract From a random digit dialing survey of American women, we assessed current smokers ( n  = 371). Respondents were 33.6 ± 7.6 years old, 49.6% married, and 87.6% White, with an FTND score of 3.9 ± 2.6. When asked “which cigarette of the day would be the most difficult for you to give up?” 30 women gave uncodable responses and 341 women provided answers subsequently coded into 5 categories: FIRST; 43.7%, MEAL; 29.3%, LAST; 13.8%, ROUTINE; 7.3%, and ENHANCE; 5.9%. Response groups differed significantly on age ( p p p p