Psychological distress, tobacco smoking and alcohol use: A population survey in Great Britain.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Psychological distress, smoking and alcohol use are interconnected. This study explores how distress and smoking independently, and in combination, are associated with alcohol consumption, past attempts and motivation to restrict alcohol use among people in Great Britain.

Methods

Pooled cross-sectional data of people (aged ≥ 16) in Great Britain (N = 87326) collected monthly from April 2020 to June 2023 in the nationally representative Smoking and Alcohol Toolkit Study. Multinomial and binary logistic regressions assessed how past 30-day distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale) and smoking were associated with alcohol use risk level (AUDIT-C), past-year attempts to restrict alcohol use, and motivation to restrict alcohol use in three months, adjusting for sex, ag

SUBMITTER: Simonavicius E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008546 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature