Schizophrenia and tobacco smoking in a Spanish psychiatric hospital.
This study in a Spanish hospital replicated two US studies suggesting that schizophrenia is associated with smoking when compared with other severe mental illnesses. Neither antipsychotics nor institutionalism could explain this relationship. Seventy of the 100 schizophrenic and 53 of the 100 non-schizophrenic inpatients were current smokers. After correcting for confounding factors, schizophrenia increased the risk of smoking by 2- to 3-fold. Heavy smoking was not associated with schizophrenia.
LLerena
Adrián
A
Department of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Extremadura, Spain
de la Rubia
Alfredo
A
Peñas-Lledó
Eva M
EM
Diaz
Francisco J
FJ
de Leon
Jose
J
D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*