Waking at night to smoke as a marker for tobacco dependence : patient characteristics and relationship to treatment outcome

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Describes the characteristics of treatment-seeking patients who wake at night to smoke, identifies factors that may be associated with nigh smoking, and assesses the association between night smoking and treatment outcome. Suggests that night smoking is indicative of a strong addiction to cigarettes and that night- smokers experience more difficulty quitting than non-night-smokers.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01653.x

Comment: First study to identify the characteristics of night-smokers in a real-world patient population.