Tobacco use disorder

What is tobacco use disorder?

Tobacco and nicotine have a potential for addiction that is similar to alcohol and other addictive substance. Nicotine withdrawal creates anxiety, irritability, headache, hunger, and a craving for cigarettes or other sources of nicotine.

How do members experience tobacco use disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with tobacco use disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

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Top treatments taken by people for tobacco use disorder*

*Data from patients with tobacco use disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with tobacco use disorder*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Chantix)
Perceived effectiveness
for tobacco use disorder (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
tobacco use disorder (1)

*Data from patients with tobacco use disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has tobacco use disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 18
30s 530
40s 1,010
50s 1,018
60s 702
70+ 325

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 996
Female 2,610
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