Nicotine Dependence

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, causing approximately five million premature deaths world-wide each year.

Your result:

Your risk is similar to that of the general population

If you are a smoker, based on the deCODEme Genetic test for the sequence variant rs1051730 on chromosome 15q24, your results are: (highlighted in green)

		rs1051730
Less likely to become nicotine dependent (15% less chance) and more likely to remain a light smoker
Your risk is similar to that of the general population	YOU >	CT
More likely to become nicotine dependent (15% added chance) or a heavy smoker

Keep in mind

In smokers, this same variant also increases the risk for Lung Cancer and Peripheral Arterial Disease.
Nicotine is an extremely addictive substance and nicotine dependence is associated with more problems quitting, increased number of cigarettes smoked per day and smoking despite being ill.

These are the results of calculations comparing your genetic sequence to sequence of participants in studies published in the world literature.