Delineating a Relationship Between Problematic Anger and Cigarette Smoking: A Population-Based Study

Research implicates a potentially important relationship between anger and smoking, though extant work suffers from a number of limitations, including the absence of controls for psychiatric comorbidity and the use of treatment-seeking samples. The current study sought to examine the unique associat...

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Published in:Nicotine & tobacco research 2013-01, Vol.15 (1), p.297-301
Main Authors: Cougle, Jesse R., Zvolensky, Michael J., Hawkins, Kirsten A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anger
BRIEF REPORTS
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Smoking - psychology
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Tobacco Use Disorder - psychology
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Summary:Research implicates a potentially important relationship between anger and smoking, though extant work suffers from a number of limitations, including the absence of controls for psychiatric comorbidity and the use of treatment-seeking samples. The current study sought to examine the unique associations between problematic anger and smoking behavior in a large representative sample. Participants included 5,692 adults from the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication, a nationally representative survey. Assessments of psychiatric diagnoses, smoking behavior, and problematic anger were administered. Results indicated that problems of anger experience were significantly associated with past-year daily smoking, heavy smoking, and nicotine dependence. After controlling for demographics and psychiatric comorbidity, anger experience was uniquely associated with each of these outcomes. Anger experience also was uniquely associated with lifetime history of smoking cessation failure. Overall, these population-based data suggest an important relationship between problematic anger and numerous aspects of smoking behavior.
ISSN:1462-2203
1469-994X
DOI:10.1093/ntr/nts122