ArticleAddictive behaviors2020
Associations between smoking status and bodily pain in a cross-sectional survey of UK respondents.
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- A Systematic Review of the Effects of Smoking on the Cardiovascular System and General Health.Cureus · 2023Review
- Effects of electroacupuncture on pain sensation in a rat model of hyperalgesia with nicotine dependence.Neural regeneration research · 2022Article
- Abuse of Non-opioid Analgesics in Germany: Prevalence and Associations Among Self-Medicated Users.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch indicates that ex- and current smokers report increased levels of bodily pain compared with never smokers. This could be secondary to smoking-related disease or psychological characteristics of smokers, or it could be a neurological or vascular effect of a period of regular smoking.
aimsWe compared self-reported levels of bodily pain in daily, never daily and former daily smokers stratified by age group and adjusting for a wider range of covariates than has been undertaken to-date, including health status, neuroticism, anxiety and depression.
method223,537 UK respondents aged 16+ years were surveyed between 2009 and 2013 in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Lab UK Study. Respondents provided information on bodily pain, smoking status and a range of sociodemographic, health, behavioural and psychological characteristics.
resultsAfter adjusting for all covariates, in 16-34-year-olds, reported levels of bodily pain in former daily smokers (B
conclusionsAfter adjusting for key characteristics, former daily smokers reported higher levels of bodily pain compared with never daily smokers at all ages. This raises the possibility that a period of smoking may have lasting effects on pain experiences.
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