Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tobacco Treatment in Cancer Patients: A Preliminary Report of a One-Week Treatment

Table 1

Demographic information (baseline).

	Sham rTMS ()	Active rTMS ()	value
Age, mean (SD)	64.5 (3.4)	62.7 (3.1)	0.49
Gender, M/F	4/0	2/1	0.21
Cancer, lung/others	2/2	2/1	0.65
Years smoked, mean (SD); Previous quit attempts (SD)	41.8 (11.3); 2.75 (1.3)	49.7 (4.6); 3.0 (3.0)	0.34; 0.88
Smoking start age, mean (SD)	20.0 (6.9)	12.7 (2.1)	0.14
Cigarettes per day, mean (SD)	11.2 (5.9)	17.0 (12.1)	0.43
FTND score, mean (SD)	4.3 (3.9)	5.7 (3.5)	0.64

FTND: Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence.