Percentage Of Adults With Major Depression And/Or SUD Who Reported Smoking Cigarettes Declined Between 2006 And 2019, Data Indicate

MedPage Today (4/26, Firth) reports, “American adults experiencing depression, substance use problems, or both are turning to cigarettes less often,” investigators concluded.

Psychiatric News (4/26) reports, “The percentage of adults with major depression and/or substance use disorder [SUD] who reported smoking cigarettes declined between 2006 and 2019,” investigators concluded in a study that “analyzed data from adults 18 years and older who participated in the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health…between 2006 and 2019,” focusing specifically on “data on past-month cigarette use from 558,960 adult participants.” The findings were published April 26 in JAMA.

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