Increased Risk of Smoking in Female Adolescents Who Had Childhood ADHD.

CONCLUSIONS: Smoking initiation and escalation are affected differentially by ADHD subtype and gender. The association of inattention with smoking in female adolescents may be causal, whereas hyperactivity-impulsivity appears to act indirectly, through shared propensities for both ADHD and smoking. PMID: 28838251 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28838251?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - August 25, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Elkins IJ, Saunders GRB, Malone SM, Keyes MA, Samek DR, McGue M, Iacono WG Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research