Is smoking and smoking cessation associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance in the general population?
Smoking is associated with increased, and smoking cessation with decreased, symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance in the general population.
The results of the present study suggest that cigarette smoking is positively and that smoking cessation is negatively associated with symptoms of common mental health conditions, in particular of depression.
Hahad et al. (Tue,) studied this question.