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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Research article

Does deterioration in mental health after smoking cessation predict relapse to smoking?

Authors: Gemma Taylor, Ann McNeill, Paul Aveyard

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

It is possible that some people who quit smoking experience improved mental health after cessation and therefore remain abstinent, whereas other people who quit may experience worse mental health after cessation and therefore be more likely to relapse to smoking. Thus, in this study we aimed to examine the association between an enduring change in mental health following the cessation period and future risk of relapse.

Methods

A secondary analysis of prospective data pooled from five placebo-controlled randomised trials for smoking reduction conducted in Europe, USA and Australia. Change in mental health (SF-36, scored 0–100) was measured from baseline to four months for those who were biologically-validated as point-prevalence abstainers at four month follow-up. Thereafter we assessed whether relapse to smoking by 12 months was more likely in those whose mental health had worsened between baseline and four months compared with those who saw no change or an improvement.

Results

After adjustment for baseline mental health and other major covariates, there was no greater tendency to relapse at 12 months for those whose mental health worsened after cessation compared with those who had no change or an improvement. The odds ratio and 95 % confidence interval was 1.01 (0.97 to 1.05).

Conclusions

People whose mental health worsens after smoking cessation are at no greater risk of subsequent relapse to smoking than those whose mental health stays the same or improves.
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Metadata
Title
Does deterioration in mental health after smoking cessation predict relapse to smoking?
Authors
Gemma Taylor
Ann McNeill
Paul Aveyard
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2473-z

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