The relationship between smoking status and serious psychological distress: findings from the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Shanta Dube (), Ralph Caraballo, Satvinder Dhingra, William Pearson, Annette McClave, Tara Strine, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, issue 1, 68-74

Abstract: Given the association between current smoking behaviors and psychological distress, future tobacco prevention and control efforts may benefit by including components of mental health, especially for low SES populations. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2009

Keywords: Smoking; Smoking cessation; Smoking and psychological distress; Smoking and mental health; Depression and smoking; Low SES groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0009-y

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