ASRS Questionnaire and Tobacco Use: Not Just a Cigarette. A Screening Study in an Italian Young Adult Sample

Lorenzo Zamboni, Pierpaolo Marchetti, Alessio Congiu, Rosaria Giordano, Francesca Fusina, Silvia Carli, Francesco Centoni, Giuseppe Verlato and Fabio Lugoboni
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Lorenzo Zamboni: Department of Medicine, Addiction Medicine Unit, Verona University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy
Pierpaolo Marchetti: Diagnostics and Public Health-Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Alessio Congiu: Department of Medicine, Addiction Medicine Unit, Verona University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy
Rosaria Giordano: Department of Medicine, Addiction Medicine Unit, Verona University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy
Francesca Fusina: Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Silvia Carli: Department of Medicine, Addiction Medicine Unit, Verona University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy
Francesco Centoni: Department of Medicine, Addiction Medicine Unit, Verona University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy
Giuseppe Verlato: Diagnostics and Public Health-Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Fabio Lugoboni: Department of Medicine, Addiction Medicine Unit, Verona University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Young adults exhibit greater sensitivity than adults to nicotine reinforcement, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) increases the risk for early-onset smoking. We investigated the correlation between ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) scores and smoking, evaluated the prevalence of ADHD symptomatology (not diagnoses) in smokers and non-smokers and its comorbidity with benzodiazepine and gambling addictions. A total of 389 young adults from 14 schools in Northern Italy fill out a survey and the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS). A total of 15.2% of subjects tested positive at the ASRS, which correlated with smoking; moreover, smokers had twice the probability of testing positive at the ASRS. ADHD symptomatology, especially when comorbid with tobacco abuse, is an important condition to monitor because early nicotine exposure could be a gateway for other addictive behaviors.

Keywords: ADHD symptomatology; tobacco; benzodiazepine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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