ReviewClinical child and family psychology review2010
Why does ADHD confer risk for cigarette smoking? A review of psychosocial mechanisms.
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- Self-medication of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms with psychoactive substances in adults: a scoping review of how symptom-relief motives are framed and operationalised across substances.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Stimulant treatment of ADHD and cigarette smoking: a meta-analysis.Pediatrics · 2014Pooled it
- Integrating Tobacco Prevention Skills into an Evidence-Based Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD: Results from a Pilot Efficacy Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Trial
- A pilot study of lis-dexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX/SPD489) to facilitate smoking cessation in nicotine-dependent adults with ADHD.Journal of attention disorders · 2014Trial
- Methylphenidate does not influence smoking-reinforced responding or attentional performance in adult smokers with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2013Trial
- Association between ADHD history and "Life's Crucial 9" cardiovascular risk factors in young adults.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2026Article
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Traits in Childhood and Physical Health in Midlife.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Causality between six psychiatric disorders and digestive tract cancers risk: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Smoking-Specific Risk Factors in Early Adulthood That Mediate Risk of Daily Smoking by Age 29 for Children with ADHD.Journal of attention disorders · 2022Article
- Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Patients With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Adolescent Substance Use and the Brain: Behavioral, Cognitive and Neuroimaging Correlates.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
- Smoking abstinence effects on emotion dysregulation in adult cigarette smokers with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Differential Posttreatment Outcomes of Methylphenidate for Smoking Cessation for Individuals With ADHD.The American journal on addictions · 2019Article
- Cigarette and e-cigarette use and social perceptions over the transition to college: The role of ADHD symptoms.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Article
- Cigarette Smoking Progression Among Young Adults Diagnosed With ADHD in Childhood: A 16-year Longitudinal Study of Children With and Without ADHD.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- Cigarette use trajectories in young adults: Analyses of predictors across system levels.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Nicotine-induced behavioral sensitization in an adult rat model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Behavioural brain research · 2016Article
- Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and nicotine withdrawal: a qualitative study of patient perceptions.BMC psychiatry · 2016Article
- A cross-sectional survey of mental health clinicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practice relating to tobacco dependence among young people with mental disorders.BMC health services research · 2014Article
- Ecological momentary assessment of antecedents and consequences of smoking in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Substance use & misuse · 2014Article
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Abstract
Research has documented that adolescents and young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for cigarette smoking, but less attention has examined why this risk exists. The current paper reviews the literature on different psychosocial mechanisms [self-medication hypothesis, social factors (social modeling, social impairments), cognitive factors (attitudes, coping skills), and psychological variables (ADHD symptom dimensions, comorbidity)] that might explain this increased smoking risk. Results of the review suggest that, while the self-medication hypothesis has some theoretical merit, it has not been adequately examined among adolescents and young adults with ADHD. Further, cognitive and social factors may be important mechanisms that help to explain the association between ADHD and cigarette smoking, but research in these areas is sparse. Finally, a larger body of literature suggests that different psychological aspects of ADHD (e.g., comorbidity, symptom dimensions) are related to smoking. Interpretation of findings of many of these studies was hindered due to significant methodological problems and the lack of a guiding theoretical orientation. Potential theories that might facilitate future work in this area are discussed. Future research should continue to explore these important psychosocial mechanisms as well as gene-environment interactions in examining the link between ADHD and cigarette smoking.
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