Smoking related mental health

 

Quitting smoking has been shown to increase mental health.

Researchers looked at the results of 102 studies in a recent study. Each research had to last at least 6 weeks and monitor whether participants quit smoking or not, as well as any improvements in their mental health. The trials had to have a placebo group or be a long-term follow-up analysis of smoking, with some quitting and some not quitting.

The research included information from over 169,500 individuals in total.

The majority of the research studied the general public, but a few included individuals with psychiatric illnesses. Participants of physical or chronic health problems, pregnant women, and others who had just undergone surgery were all included in any of the trials.

The team came to a conclusion based on their research.

The study also discovered some signs that stopping smoking improved one's mood and mental health. Stopping can also have a slight positive impact on social well-being, according to the researchers.

A sub-analysis of three studies found a pooled reduced probability of 24 percent for experiencing mixed anxiety and depression in the future, and a 44 percent reduced likelihood of developing anxiety in the future based on two studies.