A Cross-Sectional Study of Happiness and Smoking Cessation among Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking cessation among adults is associated with increased happiness. This association has not been measured in parents, a subset of adults who face uniquely stressful and challenging circumstances that can affect happiness.

Aims

To determine if parental smoking cessation is associated with increased happiness and to identify characteristics of parental quitters who experience increased happiness.

Methods

1355 parents completed a 12-month follow-up interview from a U.S. national trial, Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE). Multivariable logistic regression examined if level of happiness was independently associated with quitting smoking and identified characteristics associated with feeling happier after quitting smoking.

Results/

SUBMITTER: Drehmer JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5289385 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature