Smoking and Mental Illness: A Population-Based Prevalence Study

CONTEXT Studies of selected groups of persons with mental illness, such as those who are institutionalized or seen in mental health clinics, have reported rates of smoking to be higher than in persons without mental illness. However, recent population-based, nationally representative data are lackin...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2000-11, Vol.284 (20), p.2606-2610
Main Authors: Lasser, Karen, Boyd, J. Wesley, Woolhandler, Steffie, Himmelstein, David U, McCormick, Danny, Bor, David H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data
Tobacco smoking
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:CONTEXT Studies of selected groups of persons with mental illness, such as those who are institutionalized or seen in mental health clinics, have reported rates of smoking to be higher than in persons without mental illness. However, recent population-based, nationally representative data are lacking. OBJECTIVE To assess rates of smoking and tobacco cessation in adults, with and without mental illness. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Analysis of data on 4411 respondents aged 15 to 54 years from the National Comorbidity Survey, a nationally representative multistage probability survey conducted from 1991 to 1992. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rates of smoking and tobacco cessation according to the number and type of psychiatric diagnoses, assessed by a modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. RESULTS Current smoking rates for respondents with no mental illness, lifetime mental illness, and past-month mental illness were 22.5%, 34.8%, and 41.0%, respectively. Lifetime smoking rates were 39.1%, 55.3%, and 59.0%, respectively (P
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.284.20.2606