title: Association between anxiety and smoking in a sample of urban black men.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Anxiety and smoking associations have been examined previously, but not in high risk populations of smokers, such as black males, who bear an excess burden of smoking-related illnesses.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study assessed the relation between self-reported smoking status and anxiety using data collected by structured telephone interviews with a sample of 430 black, middle-aged males participating in an ongoing cancer prevention trial.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant association between anxiety caseness and smoking (p = .006), with more probable cases among current smokers. A priori t-tests showed that current smokers had greater anxiety than former and nonsmokers (p's = 0.02). Among current smokers, greater anxiety was associated with heavier smoking (p = .008), an association not present among former smokers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study could guide future experimental studies examining smoking-anxiety associations and inform intervention strategies addressing anxiety in underserved nicotine dependent populations with high tobacco-related risks.
authors.affiliation: Health Behavior Research Center, Department of Public Health, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th St (TuZIP 265-61), Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. collinsb@temple.edu
authors.forename: Bradley N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lepore
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology