ArticlePsychological medicine2014
Smoking cessation is associated with lower rates of mood/anxiety and alcohol use disorders.
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Efficacy of a Group Tobacco Cessation Behavioral Intervention Among Tobacco Users With Concomitant Mental Illness in Kenya: Protocol for a Controlled Clinical Trial
Assessing the Effectiveness of Virtual Versus In-person Peer-motivation Smoking Cessation Interventions
Who cites it
54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.
- Smoking cessation for improving mental health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- The relationship between smoking cessation and binge drinking, depression, and anxiety symptoms among smokers with serious mental illness.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Trial
- Does successful smoking cessation reduce anxious arousal among treatment-seeking smokers?Journal of anxiety disorders · 2015Trial
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- Patient-Level Determinants Outweigh Pharmacotherapy Choice in Smoking Cessation: Evidence from a Real-World Study in Turkey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Anxiety disorder status among black adults who smoke: relations to cessation processes and smoking characteristics.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Assessing risk of bias of cohort studies with large language models.Research synthesis methods · 2025Article
- Nicotine dependence and incident psychiatric disorders: prospective evidence from US national study.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Association between tobacco smoke exposure and depression: the NHANES 2005-2018 and Mendelian randomization study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Tobacco Product Use and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Individuals With COPD in Waves 1-5 (2013-2019) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2024Article
- Analysis of risk factors for hospital-acquired pneumonia in schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Latinx Individuals Who Smoke Daily with and without a Probable Anxiety Disorder: Differences in Smoking Behavior and Beliefs about Abstinence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A cross-sectional study of smoking and depression among US adults: NHANES (2005-2018).Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Smoking As an Outcome Moderator In the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2022Review
- Collaborative Learning: A Qualitative Study Exploring Factors Contributing to a Successful Tobacco Cessation Train-the-Trainer Program as a Community of Practice.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Organizational Factors Moderating Changes in Tobacco Use Dependence Care Delivery Following a Comprehensive Tobacco-Free Workplace Intervention in Non-Profit Substance Use Treatment Centers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Religiously-Tailored Text Messaging Intervention to Reduce Smoking Among Somali Muslim Men During Ramadan.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe psychological outcomes that accompany smoking cessation are not yet conclusive but positive outcomes could help to persuade quitting.
methodWe used data from the longitudinal National Epidemiological Study of Alcohol and Related Conditions. Logistic regression was used to examine associations between cigarette smoking reduction and Wave 2 status of addiction/mental health disorder among daily smokers at Wave 1, stratified by status of the diagnosis of interest at Wave 1. We adjusted for differences in baseline covariates between smokers with different levels of smoking reduction between Wave 1 and Wave 2 using propensity score regression adjustment.
resultsAfter adjusting for propensity scores and other mental health/addiction co-morbidities at Wave 2, among daily smokers who had current or lifetime history diagnosis of the outcome of interest at Wave 1, quitting by Wave 2 predicted a decreased risk of mood/anxiety disorder [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.6, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.4-0.9] and alcohol disorder (aOR 0.7, 95% CI 0.5-0.99) at Wave 2. Among daily smokers with no lifetime history diagnosis of the outcome of interest at Wave 1, quitting smoking by Wave 2 predicted a decreased risk of drug use disorder at Wave 2 (aOR 0.3, 95% CI 0.1-0.9).
conclusionsThere is no support in our data for the concern that smoking cessation would result in smokers' increased risk of some mental disorders. To the contrary, our data suggest that smoking cessation is associated with risk reduction for mood/anxiety or alcohol use disorder, even among smokers who have had a pre-existing disorder.
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