How Much Do Italian Patients in Supportive Periodontal Therapy Know about the Role of Smoking in Oral Health and What is Their Lifestyle?

J Int Soc Prev Community Dent · 2017 · PMC5629857 · PMID 29026701

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nearly significantP = 0.055so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Moreover, a nearly significant association is present as far as the age of smoking onset is concerned ( P = 0.055), that is, patients who started smoking later (C level) found harder to quit smoking than those who had started earlier (A and B levels).

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