title: Emotional disorders and smoking: relations to quit attempts and cessation strategies among treatment-seeking smokers.
abstract: The cross-sectional associations between lifetime emotional disorder status (anxiety/depressive disorders) among smokers in relation to historical quit processes were examined. Adult treatment-seeking daily cigarette smokers (n=472) received structured psychiatric interviews and completed a survey that included in-depth questions on cessation history. Having a lifetime emotional disorder was significantly associated with a greater number of prior quit attempts and cessation strategies used, including increased use of both non-pharmacological and pharmacological quit methods. These smokers may still require complimentary specialty care to address their specific affective vulnerabilities given that their use of commonly-applied strategies did not result in lifetime abstinence.
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Department of Psychology, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX 77024, United States; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Behavioral Science, 1155 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030, United States. Electronic address: mjzvolen@central.uh.edu.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zvolensky
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Department of Psychology, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX 77024, United States.
authors.forename: Samantha G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Farris
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 2250 Alcazar St., CSC 240, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States; Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar St., CSC 240, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leventhal
authors.affiliation: Syracuse University, Department of Psychology, 506 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, United States.
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ditre
authors.affiliation: Florida State University, Department of Psychology, 1107 W Call St., Tallahassee, FL 32304, United States.
authors.forename: Norman B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016642:Bupropion / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000068580:Varenicline; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D011810:Quinoxalines; D016642:Bupropion; D000068580:Varenicline
keywords: Anxiety; Cessation; Cigarettes; Depressive disorders; Quit attempt; Smoking