Are posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms pathways to smoking relapse after a natural disaster?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking relapse is rarely examined in disaster research. Thus, this study investigated smoking relapse nine and eighteen months after Hurricane Katrina and identified pathways and conditions for this outcome.

Methods

The data came from a prospective study of adult ever smokers who were living in New Orleans at the time Hurricane Katrina struck (n = 1003), and a comparison sample of Memphis residents (n = 1001) who were not directly impacted by the hurricane. Participants from both cities were recruited using random digit dialing and were surveyed nine and eighteen months after Hurricane Katrina. We assessed whether smoking relapse rates differed by city and evaluated potential mediators and moderators of this association using conditional process analysis.

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SUBMITTER: Alexander AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8581624 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature