Smoking habits in Japanese patients with schizophrenia.
Studies from North America and Western Europe have observed a marked increase of smoking in schizophrenia. This preliminary study investigated smoking habits in Japanese patients with schizophrenia (n=137). The prevalence of smokers (34%) was not higher than in the general Japanese population (37%). Variables associated with smoking were also different from those reported in the Western literature. Different cultural backgrounds may underlie the differing results in Western and Japanese populations.
Mori
Takeyuki
T
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Sasaki
Tsukasa
T
Iwanami
Akira
A
Araki
Tsuyoshi
T
Mizuno
Kaoru
K
Kato
Tadafumi
T
Kato
Nobumasa
N
D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires