Trends in smoking among adults with mental illness and association between mental health treatment and smoking cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Significant progress has been made in reducing the prevalence of tobacco use in the United States. However, tobacco cessation efforts have focused on the general population rather than individuals with mental illness, who demonstrate greater rates of tobacco use and nicotine dependence.

Objectives

To assess whether declines in tobacco use have been realized among individuals with mental illness and examine the association between mental health treatment and smoking cessation.

Design, setting, and participants

Use of nationally representative surveys of noninstitutionalized US residents to compare trends in smoking rates between adults with and without mental illness and across multiple disorders (2004-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [MEPS]) and to com

SUBMITTER: Cook BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555156 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature