Income as a moderator of psychological stress and nicotine dependence among adult smokers.

CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight that the relationship between increasing stress and FTND was found in lower but not higher income groups. Future research should examine socioeconomic, environmental and psychosocial factors that may facilitate increased smoking during stress-induced craving. PMID: 29729584 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Addictive Behaviors - April 27, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Hobkirk AL, Krebs NM, Muscat JE Tags: Addict Behav Source Type: research