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Tobacco smoking and depressed mood in late childhood and early adolescence

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  • Wu, L.-T.
  • Anthony, J.C.

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Objectives. This study builds on previous observations about a suspected causal association linking tobacco smoking with depression. With prospective data, the study sheds new light on the temporal sequencing of tobacco smoking and depressed mood in late childhood and early adolescence. Methods. The epidemiologic sample that was studied consisted of 1731 youths (aged 8-9 to 13-14 years) attending public schools in a mid-Atlantic metropolitan area, who were assessed at least twice from 1989 to 1994. A survival analysis was used to examine the temporal relationship from antecedent tobacco smoking to subsequent onset of depressed mood, as well as from antecedent depressed mood to subsequent initiation of tobacco use. Results. Tobacco smoking signaled a modestly increased risk for the subsequent onset of depressed mood, but antecedent depressed mood was not associated with a later risk of starting to smoke tobacco cigarettes. Conclusions. This evidence is consistent with a possible causal link from tobacco smoking to later depressed mood in late childhood and early adolescence, but not vice versa.

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  • Wu, L.-T. & Anthony, J.C., 1999. "Tobacco smoking and depressed mood in late childhood and early adolescence," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 89(12), pages 1837-1840.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1999:89:12:1837-1840_5
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    1. Henry Saffer & Dhaval Dave, 2005. "Mental Illness and the Demand for Alcohol, Cocaine, and Cigarettes," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 43(2), pages 229-246, April.
    2. Hung-Hao Chang & Tung-liang Chiang, 2009. "Depressive symptoms, smoking, and cigarette price elasticity: results from a population-based survey in Taiwan," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 54(6), pages 421-426, December.
    3. Needham, Belinda L., 2007. "Gender differences in trajectories of depressive symptomatology and substance use during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 65(6), pages 1166-1179, September.
    4. Nomsa Y. Nkomo & Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne & Mduduzi Biyase, 2021. "The impact of mental health behaviour on tobacco consumption in South Africa," Economic Development and Well-being Research Group Working Paper Series edwrg-02-2021, University of Johannesburg, College of Business and Economics, revised 2021.

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