Adult versus adolescent onset of smoking: how are mood disorders and other risk factors involved?

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine the strength of association between smoking and mood disorders and the association between smoking and its traditional risk factors, comparing those who started smoking in adolescence with those who started smoking in early adulthood.

Design and participants

The analyses relied on prospective data from the Zurich Study. This longitudinal community study started in 1979 with a stratified sample of 591 participants aged 20/21 years, weighted towards those with mental disorders. Follow-up interviews were conducted at ages 23, 28, 30, 35 and 41.

Measurements

In this analysis the adult versus adolescent onset of smoking was regressed on the cumulative prevalence of mood disorders, personality characteristics measured by the Freiburg Personality Inventory, c

SUBMITTER: Ajdacic-Gross V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2909637 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature