Anxiety diagnoses in smokers seeking cessation treatment: relations with tobacco dependence, withdrawal, outcome and response to treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To understand the relations among anxiety disorders and tobacco dependence, withdrawal symptoms, response to smoking cessation pharmacotherapy and ability to quit smoking.

Design

Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. Participants received six 10-minute individual counseling sessions and either: placebo, bupropion SR, nicotine patch, nicotine lozenge, bupropion SR + nicotine lozenge or nicotine patch + nicotine lozenge.

Setting

Two urban research sites.

Participants

Data were collected from 1504 daily smokers (>9 cigarettes per day) who were motivated to quit smoking and did not report current diagnoses of schizophrenia or psychosis or bupropion use.

Measurements

Participants completed baseline assessments, the Composite International Diagnos

SUBMITTER: Piper ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3017215 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature