Journal article
Relationship of trauma exposure and PTSD to cigarette smoking prevalence, frequency, and quantity: Data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults
Psychological trauma, Vol.13(2), pp.231-239
02/2021
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000991
PMCID: PMC8493633
PMID: 33252969
Abstract
Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) smoke cigarettes at much higher prevalences than the general population. Less is known about PTSD and other smoking behaviors (e.g., smoking quantity and frequency) or about smoking among individuals who experience trauma.
To examine differences in cigarette smoking behaviors among adults in the United States (a) with no exposure to trauma or PTSD, (b) with trauma but no PTSD, and (c) with PTSD.
Data came from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-II (NESARC-II, 2004-2005) and included demographics, PTSD diagnoses, traumatic events, and smoking behaviors. Odds ratios and group differences in smoking prevalence and behaviors based on PTSD diagnoses and exposure to traumatic experiences were calculated.
Traumatic events and PTSD diagnoses were both associated with greater smoking prevalences than persons without trauma or PTSD. Individuals with PTSD who smoke were more likely to report daily smoking than those without PTSD who smoke (Cohen's d = 0.19). Cigarette users with either trauma or PTSD smoked more cigarettes per day than cigarette users without trauma or PTSD (Cohen's d = 0.35). US adults with trauma exposure or PTSD have higher smoking prevalences and more intense smoking behaviors than those without PTSD or trauma.
Trauma or PTSD may each serve as a clinical indicator of increased risk of cigarette smoking-related health problems and prompt the implementation of targeted interventions to reduce the harms of smoking. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Relationship of trauma exposure and PTSD to cigarette smoking prevalence, frequency, and quantity: Data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults
- Creators
- David Estey - Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva UniversityJonathan Platt - Department of Epidemiology, Columbia UniversityRenee D Goodwin - Department of Epidemiology, Columbia UniversityAndrea H Weinberger - Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychological trauma, Vol.13(2), pp.231-239
- DOI
- 10.1037/tra0000991
- PMID
- 33252969
- PMCID
- PMC8493633
- NLM abbreviation
- Psychol Trauma
- ISSN
- 1942-9681
- eISSN
- 1942-969X
- Grant note
- NIH/NIDA R01 DA020892 / NIDA NIH HHS NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2021
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984214686002771
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