HealthDay (3/24) reports, “Smoking cessation is associated with improvement in mental health symptoms, according to a review published online March 9 in the Cochrane Library.” The researchers discovered “that compared with continuing to smoke, smoking cessation correlated with an improvement in mental health symptoms: anxiety symptoms (standardized mean difference [SMD], −0.28), depression symptoms (SMD, −0.30), and mixed anxiety and depression symptoms (SMD, −0.31).” In addition, smoking cessation “correlated with an improvement in symptoms of stress (SMD, −0.19), positive affect (SMD, 0.22), and psychological quality of life (SMD, 0.11).”
Related Links:
— “Mental Health Symptoms Improve With Smoking Cessation “Physician’s Briefing Staff, HealthDay, March 24, 2021