Quit rates are low and not increasing among cigarette smokers with mental health problems

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Even as more and more American quit smoking cigarettes, individuals with serious psychological distress (SPD) are much less likely to extinguish their habit. A new study by scientists at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York found that individuals with mental health problems quit cigarettes at half the rate of those without psychological distress.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news