December 1, 1999Archives of General Psychiatry
Smoking and Panic Attacks
Why the study?
Does daily smoking increase the risk of first occurrence of panic attacks and panic disorder?
Population
5,418 participants from 2 epidemiologic studies: the Epidemiologic Study of Young Adults in southeast…
Comparison
Daily smoking (active smoking) vs Past smoking or no smoking
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Smoking cessation not yet indicated for panic prevention; leaves open unidirectional causality from observational data.
Structured PICO
Does daily smoking increase the risk of first occurrence of panic attacks and panic disorder?
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Population
5,418 participants from 2 epidemiologic studies: the Epidemiologic Study of Young Adults in southeast Michigan (N = 1007) and the National Comorbidity Survey Tobacco Supplement (n = 4411)
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Intervention
Daily smoking (active smoking)
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Comparator
Past smoking or no smoking
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Outcome
First occurrence of panic attack and panic disorder
Daily smoking is associated with an increased risk of experiencing a first panic attack, suggesting a unidirectional causal relationship that may be partially mediated by lung disease.
Cite This Study
Breslau et al. (1999) studied this question.