1. Differential Effects of Depression on Smoking Cessation in a Diverse Sample of Smokers in Treatment
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Castro, Yessenia, Costello, Tracy J., Correa-Fernández, Virmarie, Heppner, Whitney L., Reitzel, Lorraine R., Cofta-Woerpel, Ludmila, Mazas, Carlos A., Cinciripini, Paul M., and Wetter, David W.
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SMOKING cessation , *MENTAL depression , *CROSS-sectional method , *ETHNICITY , *AFRICAN Americans , *LONGITUDINAL method , *MEDICAL records ,REHABILITATION of cigarette smokers - Abstract
Background: Recent cross-sectional evidence suggests that the effect of depression on smoking prevalence and quit ratios differs by race/ethnicity. Purpose: This study prospectively examined the main and interactive effects of race/ethnicity and depressive symptoms on smoking cessation during a specific quit attempt among smokers receiving cessation treatment. Methods: Data from a longitudinal study of smokers in treatment were examined using continuation ratio logit modeling. Continuous abstinence across Weeks 1, 2, and 4 post-quit was the outcome variable. Data were collected between March 2005 and November 2007, and the current study analyses were conducted in April 2010. Results: Depressive symptoms predicted significantly lower cessation rates for whites and African Americans. In contrast, among Latinos there was no relationship between depression and cessation. Conclusions: This research is the first to prospectively demonstrate a racially/ethnically differentiated effect of depressive symptoms on smoking cessation, and it has implications for targeted smoking-cessation treatments as it indicates that depression may not be a key treatment target for Latinos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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