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Mar 9, 2021 · However, there are biologically plausible reasons why smoking may worsen mental health through neuroadaptations arising from chronic smoking, leading to frequent nicotine withdrawal symptoms (e.g. anxiety, depression, irritability), in which case smoking cessation may help to improve rather than worsen mental health.
Mar 9, 2021 · Authors' conclusions: Taken together, these data provide evidence that mental health does not worsen as a result of quitting smoking, and very low- to moderate-certainty evidence that smoking cessation is associated with small to moderate improvements in mental health. These improvements are seen in both unselected samples and in subpopulations ...
- Gemma Mj Taylor, Nicola Lindson, Amanda Farley, Andrea Leinberger-Jabari, Katherine Sawyer, Rebecca ...
- 2020
May 31, 2023 · Meaning These findings suggest that smoking cessation does not appear to worsen and may improve mental health outcomes. Abstract Importance Although many people report a desire to quit smoking, concerns about mental health worsening after quitting are often raised by clinicians and people who smoke.
Feb 17, 2023 · It is reasonable to assume that even someone with relatively low levels of current mental health symptoms, but with a positive lifetime history, could be concerned about a mental health relapse if they were to quit smoking. Messaging about the mental health benefits of quitting smoking could allay those concerns about a mental health relapse.
Jan 20, 2020 · Reverse causation: one explanation for the association between smoking cessation and improvements in mental health is that improved mental health prompts people to attempt cessation. However, over half of the studies in our previous review were secondary analyses of RCTs ( Taylor 2014 ).
Feb 13, 2014 · Objective To investigate change in mental health after smoking cessation compared with continuing to smoke. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Data sources Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Embase, and PsycINFO for relevant studies from inception to April 2012. Reference lists of included studies were hand searched, and ...
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Mar 10, 2021 · Stopping smoking may improve mental health, Cochrane review finds. People who stop smoking are not likely to experience a long term worsening in mood and may see improvements in their mental health, such as reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression, a Cochrane review has found. 1. The review, which brought together the results from 63 studies ...
