 Several lines of evidence indicate that AAs are more highly addicted to cigarette smoking than are whites. AAs are more likely to smoke their first cigarette within 10 minutes of awakening, an indicator of the severity of the dependence.2 They are more likely to want to quit smoking and are more likely to try to quit attempts lasting at least 24 hours,3 but are significantly less likely than whites to be successful abstainers at one year. The quit ratio former smokersever smokers was recently reported to be 37.3 in AAs compared to 51 for whites.2 