TY - JOUR T1 - Smoking cessation: A problem for older adults? JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P4035 AU - Manuela Stoleru AU - Stefan Mihaicuta Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P4035.abstract N2 - IntroductionThe prevalence of tobacco smoking is high in both men and women and touch all ages. Cigarette smoking poses substantial health risks at any age, but is particularly alarming for older smokers with all various illness.ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy among older and younger smokers and to evaluate whether the age represent an obstacle to quit smoking.Method We evaluate 216 male persons interested to stop smoking in an national romanian program from 01.07.2008 to 31 .12.2009. The volunteers were grouped about age in three: < 39, 40-59 and > 60.Terms assessed were: number of cigarettes, Fagerstrom test, type of treatment, the level of CO expire.The therapies used include nicotine replacement, bupropion and varenicline for a maximum 12 weeks.ResultsFor the group > 60 it was a highest number of packs of cigarettes per year 46.31 +/-21.8 (95 % CI 38.01 - 54.61).The nicotine dependence evalated by the Fagerstrom test is not significant statistically different in the three groups (5. 82 +/- 2, 32 SD for the group >60, 6.29 +/- 5.25 for the group 40-60 and 6.17+/- 2.01 for the last one). The results of CO expired levels sound alarming for all clusters: > 60 – CO =13.034 +/ - 5.48 SD, 40-60 age CO= 13.980 +/- 5.72 SD and for the group < 39 we rest in the same coordinates: CO = 15.138 +/- 7.16 SD. Abstinence rates in the older group > 60 was 34,48 % in report with group 40-59 (48 %) and group <39 (44.8 %).ConclusionThe treatment for smoking cessation guide to almost similar abstinence rates in older and younger smokers.The physicians have annually a lot of opportunities to sustain their older patients to improve their health status and quality of life by quitting smoking. ER -