ArticleBMC public health2020
Mental health, smoking, harm reduction and quit attempts - a population survey in England.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review of Mental Health Professionals, Patients, and Carers' Perceived Barriers and Enablers to Supporting Smoking Cessation in Mental Health Settings.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Pooled it
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- Smoking cessation and exercise: perspectives from smokers with and without mental health problems.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Psychache status and associated contributing factors among the Hakka elderly in Fujian, China.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Developing content for a virtual reality scenario that motivates quit attempts in adult smokers: A focus group study with art-based methods.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a hospital-initiated tobacco dependence treatment service: uptake, smoking cessation, readmission and mortality.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Moderation of the real-world effectiveness of smoking cessation aids by mental health conditions: A population study.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundTobacco control strategies have engendered overall declines in smoking; however, a large gap remains between people with and without mental health problems, causing substantial health inequalities. Population-level information on barriers and opportunities for improvements is scarce. We aimed to assess mental health status of cigarette smokers and recent ex-smokers ('past-year smokers') in England, and smoking and harm reduction behaviour and quit attempts by mental health status.
methodsData were collected from 5637 current and 434 recent ex-smokers in 2016/17 in household surveys of representative samples of adults. We calculated weighted prevalence of different indicators of mental health problem: a) ever diagnosis, b) none, moderate, serious past-month distress, c) past-year treatment. We compared weighted smoking status, cigarette type, dependence, motivation to stop smoking, cutting down, use of nicotine replacement therapy or e-cigarettes, short-term abstinence, and quit attempts according to mental health status.
resultsAmong past-year smokers: 35.9% ever had a diagnosis; 24.3% had experienced moderate, an additional 9.7% serious, past-month distress; 21.9% had had past-year treatment. Those with an indication of a mental health problem were more highly dependent and more likely to smoke roll-your-own cigarettes but also more likely to be motivated to stop smoking, to cut down, use nicotine replacement therapy or e-cigarettes and to have attempted to quit in the past year.
conclusionsAbout a third of cigarette smokers in England have mental health problems. Interventions should address their increased dependence and leverage higher prevalence of harm reduction behaviours, motivation to stop and attempts to stop smoking.
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