Study refutes the myth according to which quitting smoking leads to depressive symptoms, indicating that indeed successful Cancel is often an improvement in mood.

Doctors from Brown University studied 236 heavy smokers (smoke at least half a pack a day) who were enrolled in a randomized trial testing the effectiveness of adding a brief alcohol intervention in this to stop smoking. Participants without clinical depression received nicotine patches and counseling and a date after which stop smoking.

The authors measured depressive symptoms at week -1, week 2,8, 16 and 26 after cessation of enter for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale.

Only 33 players managed to achieve abstinence for the entire period of study. Persons who have achieved abstinence during all visits, had low scores for depressive symptoms. Participants who maneuvering between smoking, smoking abstinence, had the lowest levels of depressive symptoms during abstinence.Persons without any restraint had gradually increase in depressive symptoms.

Source: Doctorbg.com



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