Survey study, 2016
Are premenstrual mood symptoms linked to beliefs about smoking?
Women with more severe mood-related premenstrual symptoms believed smoking relieves negative mood and quitting causes withdrawal. This association was weaker after adjusting for other factors.
What they did
Cross-sectional study of 97 daily smokers who completed questionnaires about smoking expectations, premenstrual symptoms, mood, and nicotine dependence.
What they found
Women with mood-related premenstrual symptoms had stronger beliefs that smoking relieves negative mood and that quitting causes withdrawal. After adjusting for other factors, only mood symptoms remained significantly linked to withdrawal expectations. Mood and pain symptoms were associated with beliefs that smoking is pleasurable.
What it means for you
Women with premenstrual mood symptoms may need extra support when quitting smoking, especially to address concerns about withdrawal. The main limitation is that this shows association, not cause and effect.
97
women smokers studied
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual symptoms and smoking-related expectancies
- Authors
- Pang RD, Bello MS, Stone MD et al.
- Journal
- Addictive behaviors
- Year
- 2016
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- None (observational study)
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.01.015
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